Coelotrochus rex
Coelotrochus rex | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Clade: | Vetigastropoda |
Superfamily: | Trochoidea |
Family: | Trochidae |
Genus: | Coelotrochus |
Species: | C. rex |
Binomial name | |
Coelotrochus rex Marshall, 1998[1] | |
Synonyms[2] | |
Thoristella rex Marshall, 1998 (original combination) |
Coleotrochus rex is a species of small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Trochidae, the top snails. [2]
Description
The height of the shell attains 15 mm, its diameter 18 mm.
Distribution
This marine species is endemic to New Zealand and occurs off Three Kings Islands.
References
- ↑ Marshall (1998). Molluscan Research 19 (1) : 73-106. World Register of Marine Species, Retrieved 1 May 2010.
- 1 2 Rosenberg, G. (2014). Coelotrochus rex (B. A. Marshall, 1998). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=598203 on 2014-06-05
- Image of the holotype of the species, N.Z. government site
- Spencer, H.G.; Marshall, B.A.; Maxwell, P.A.; Grant-Mackie, J.A.; Stilwell, J.D.; Willan, R.C.; Campbell, H.J.; Crampton, J.S.; Henderson, R.A.; Bradshaw, M.A.; Waterhouse, J.B.; Pojeta, J. Jr (2009). Phylum Mollusca: chitons, clams, tusk shells, snails, squids, and kin, in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. pp. 161-254
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