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Coelotrochus polychromus

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Coelotrochus polychromus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Trochida
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Trochidae
Genus: Coelotrochus
Species:
C. polychromus
Binomial name
Coelotrochus polychromus
(Marshall, 1998)[1]
Synonyms[2]

Thoristella polychroma Marshall, 1998

Coelotrochus polychromus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Trochidae, the top snails.[2]

Description

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The width of the shell attains 5.9 mm.

Distribution

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This marine species is endemic to New Zealand and occurs off Three Kings Islands.

References

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  1. ^ Marshall (1998). Molluscan Research 19 (1) : 73–106. World Register of Marine Species, Retrieved 1 May 2010.
  2. ^ a b MolluscaBase (2019). MolluscaBase. Coelotrochus polychromus (B. A. Marshall, 1998). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=598202 on 2019-11-18
  • Marshall B.A. 1998. A review of the Recent Trochini of New Zealand (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Trochidae). Molluscan Research 19(1): 73-106
  • Spencer, H.G.; Marshall, B.A.; Maxwell, P.A.; Grant-Mackie, J.A.; Stilwell, J.D.; Willan, R.C.; Campbell, H.J.; Crampton, J.S.; Henderson, R.A.; Bradshaw, M.A.; Waterhouse, J.B.; Pojeta, J. Jr (2009). Phylum Mollusca: chitons, clams, tusk shells, snails, squids, and kin, in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. pp. 161–254.