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Canalispira umuhlwa

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Canalispira umuhlwa
Shell of Canalispira umuhlwa (paratype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Cystiscidae
Subfamily: Canalispirinae
Genus: Canalispira
Species:
C. umuhlwa
Binomial name
Canalispira umuhlwa
Kilburn, 1990

Canalispira umuhlwa is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk, in the family Cystiscidae.[1]

Distribution

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This marine species occurs off KwaZulu, South Africa.

References

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  1. ^ MolluscaBase (2018). Canalispira umuhlwa Kilburn, 1990. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=557334 on 2019-01-05
  • Lussi M. & Smith G. (1998) Family Cystiscidae Stimpson, 1865. Revision of the family Cystiscidae in South Africa with the introduction of three genera and the description of eight new species. Malacologia Mostra Mondiale 27: 3-23.
  • Kilburn, R.N. (1990). The genus Canalispira Jousseaume, 1875 in southern Africa (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Marginellidae). Annals of the Natal Museum. 31: 215–221
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