Biology:Venustatrochus malaita

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Short description: Species of gastropod

Venustatrochus malaita
Venustatrochus malaita (MNHN-IM-2000-22079).jpeg
Samples of Venustatrochus malaita (holotype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Trochida
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Calliostomatidae
Genus: Venustatrochus
Species:
V. malaita
Binomial name
Venustatrochus malaita
(Vilvens, 2009)
Synonyms[1]

Venustatrochus malaita 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][2]

Distribution

This marine species occurs off the Solomon Islands.

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 MolluscaBase (2018). Venustatrochus malaita (Vilvens, 2009). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=880964 on 2018-12-28
  2. Marshall, B. A. (2016). New species of Venustatrochus Powell, 1951 from New Zealand, and new species of Falsimargarita Powell, 1951 and a new genus of the Calliostomatidae from the southwest Pacific, with comments on some other calliostomatid genera (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Molluscan Research. 36: 119-141.

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q60329241 entry