Biology:Coelotrochus davegibbsi

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Short description: Species of gastropod

Coelotrochus davegibbsi
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Trochida
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Trochidae
Genus: Coelotrochus
Species:
C. davegibbsi
Binomial name
Coelotrochus davegibbsi
Marshall, 1998[1]
Synonyms[2]

Thoristella davegibbsi Marshall, 1998

Coelotrochus davegibbsi is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Trochidae, the top snails.[2]

Description

The width of the shell attains 6.5 mm.

Distribution

This marine species is endemic to New Zealand and occurs off Three Kings Islands.

References

  • Marshall B.A. 1998. A review of the Recent Trochini of New Zealand (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Trochidae). Molluscan Research 19(1): 73-106
  • 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

Wikidata ☰ Q3177342 entry