Cancellopollia gracilis
Appearance
Cancellopollia gracilis | |
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Shell of Cancellopollia gracilis (holotype at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Family: | Pisaniidae |
Genus: | Cancellopollia |
Species: | C. gracilis
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Binomial name | |
Cancellopollia gracilis Vermeij & Bouchet, 1998[1]
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Cancellopollia gracilis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pisaniidae, the true whelks and the like.[2]
Description
[edit]The snail shells are cream coloured.
Distribution
[edit]This marine species occurs off New Caledonia.
References
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- ^ Vermeij & Bouchet (1998). Zoosystema 20 (3) : 471–485. World Register of Marine Species, Retrieved 17 April 2010.
- ^ Cancellopollia gracilis Vermeij & Bouchet, 1998. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 17 April 2010.
- Vermeij G.J. & Bouchet P. 1998. New Pisaniinae (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Buccinidae) from New Caledonia, with remarks on Cantharus and related genera. Zoosystema 20(3): 471-485