Biology:Lunella coreensis
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Lunella coreensis | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
Order: | Trochida |
Superfamily: | Trochoidea |
Family: | Turbinidae |
Genus: | Lunella |
Species: | L. coreensis
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Binomial name | |
Lunella coreensis (Récluz, 1853)
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Synonyms | |
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Lunella coreensis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Turbinidae, the turban snails.[1]
Description
The size of the shell varies between 12 mm and 27 mm. The shell is similar to Lunella granulata, but is imperforate.
Distribution
This marine species occurs in the Northwest Pacific, especially off Korea and Japan .[2]
References
- ↑ Lunella coreensis (Récluz, 1853). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 20 April 2010.
- ↑ G.W. Tryon (1888), Manual of Conchology X; Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia (described as Turbo coronatus var. coreensis)
- Nakano T., Takashashi K. & Ozawa T. (2007) Description of an endangered new species of Lunella (Gastropoda: Turbinidae) from the Ogasawara Islands, Japan. Venus 66(1–2): 1–10.
External links
- "Lunella (Lunella) coreensis" (in en). Gastropods.com. http://www.gastropods.com/4/Shell_1674.shtml.
Wikidata ☰ Q6704187 entry