Biology:Coelotrochus polychromus

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Short description: Species of gastropod

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

Thoristella polychroma Marshall, 1998

Coelotrochus polychromus 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 5.9 mm.

Distribution

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

References

  1. Marshall (1998). Molluscan Research 19 (1) : 73–106. World Register of Marine Species, Retrieved 1 May 2010.
  2. 2.0 2.1 MolluscaBase (2019). MolluscaBase. Coelotrochus polychromus (B. A. Marshall, 1998). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=598202 on 2019-11-18
  • 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 ☰ Q3137126 entry