Biology:Maurea pellucida

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Short description: Species of gastropod

Maurea pellucida
Maurea pellucida (MNHN-IM-2000-31254).jpeg
Shell of Maurea pellucida (lectotype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Trochida
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Calliostomatidae
Genus: Maurea
Species:
M. pellucida
Binomial name
Maurea pellucida
(Valenciennes, 1846)
Synonyms[1]
  • Calliostoma (Calliotropis) pellucidum (Valenciennes, 1846)
  • Calliostoma (Calliotropis) pellucidum spiratum W. R. B. Oliver, 1926
  • Calliostoma (Maurea) pellucidum (Valenciennes, 1846)
  • Calliostoma pellucidum (Valenciennes, 1846)
  • Calliostoma undulatum Finlay, 1923
  • Trochus pellucidus Valenciennes, 1846
  • Trochus torquatus Anton in Philippi, 1848
  • Venustas pellucida (Valenciennes, 1846)

Maurea pellucida is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk, in the family Calliostomatidae within the superfamily Trochoidea, the top snails, turban snails and their allies.[1]

Description

The length of the shell attains 27 mm

Distribution

This marine species occurs off New Caledonia and New Zealand.

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 MolluscaBase (2018). Maurea pellucida (Valenciennes, 1846). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=757965 on 2018-12-28
  • Finlay, H.J. (1923). Some remarks on New Zealand Calliostomidae, with descriptions of new Tertiary species. Transactions of the New Zealand Institute. 54: 99-105.

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q60328731 entry