Curtitoma contraria
Appearance
Curtitoma contraria | |
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Shell of Curtitoma contraria (paratype in the MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Superfamily: | Conoidea |
Family: | Mangeliidae |
Genus: | Curtitoma |
Species: | C. contraria
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Binomial name | |
Curtitoma contraria Bonfitto & Morassi, 2012
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Curtitoma contraria is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Mangeliidae.[1]
It is the only known species with a sinistral shell within the family Mangeliidae.
Description
The length of the shell attains 3.6 mm, its diameter 1.9 mm.
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Distribution
This marine species occurs off Taiwan.
References
- ^ a b Bouchet, P. (2012). Curtitoma contraria Bonfitto & Morassi, 2012. In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=607864 on 2017-04-15
External links
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