Scaphander lignarius
| Woody canoe-bubble | |
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| Live animal, head end towards the right | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Heterobranchia clade Euopisthobranchia clade Cephalaspidea |
| Superfamily: | ? |
| Family: | Scaphandridae |
| Genus: | Scaphander |
| Species: | S. lignarius |
| Binomial name | |
| Scaphander lignarius (Linnaeus, 1767) | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Scaphander lignarius, common name the woody canoe-bubble, is a species of sea snail, a bubble snail, a marine opisthobranch gastropod mollusk in the family Scaphandridae, the canoe-bubbles.[1]
Distribution
This species is found in European waters and in the Mediterranean Sea.
Shells of Scaphander lignarius with preserved soft parts inside
References
- 1 2 WoRMS : Scaphander lignarius accessed : 13 October 2010]
- Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 180–213
- Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France. 307 pp
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