Biology:Papillocithara semiplicata

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Short description: Species of gastropod

Papillocithara semiplicata
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Mangeliidae
Genus: Papillocithara
Species:
P. semiplicata
Binomial name
Papillocithara semiplicata
Kilburn, 1992

Papillocithara semiplicata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mangeliidae.[1]

Description

The length of the shell attains 8.5 mm, its diameter 3.9 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

References

  1. WoRMS (2009). Papillocithara hebes Kilburn, 1992. In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://marinespecies.org/aphia.php/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=434552 on 2017-12-02
  • Kilburn R.N. 1992. Turridae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) of southern Africa and Mozambique. Part 6. Subfamily Mangeliinae, section 1. Annals of the Natal Museum, 33: 461–575. page(s): 517–519

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q10344376 entry