Biology:Kanekotrochus infuscatus

Short description: Species of gastropod

Kanekotrochus infuscatus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Vetigastropoda
Order:	Trochida
Superfamily:	Trochoidea
Family:	Trochidae
Genus:	Kanekotrochus
Species:	K. infuscatus
Binomial name
Kanekotrochus infuscatus Gould, A.A., 1861
Synonyms
Cantharidus infuscatus (Gould, 1861) Clelandella infuscata (Gould, 1861) Kanekotrochus yokohamensis (Bock, 1878) Thalotia yokohamaensis Donald, K.M., 1878 Trochus yokohamensis Bock, 1878 Ziziphinus infuscatus Gould, 1861 (original combination)

Kanekotrochus infuscatusis, common name the dusky jewel top shell, a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Trochidae, the top snails

Description

The size of the adult shell of this sea snail species varies between 7 mm and 16 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Japan and the Philippines .

References

• Higo, S., Callomon, P. & Goto, Y. (1999). Catalogue and bibliography of the marine shell-bearing Mollusca of Japan. Osaka. : Elle Scientific Publications. 749 pp.
• Dekker H. (2006). Description of a new species of Kanekotrochus (Gastropoda: Trochidae) from Vietnam. Miscellanea Malacologia, 2(1): 1–4

External links

• shtml Gastropods.com: Kanekotrochus infuscatus

Wikidata ☰ Q16977090 entry