Coelotrochus polychromus
Appearance
Coelotrochus polychromus | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
Order: | Trochida |
Superfamily: | Trochoidea |
Family: | Trochidae |
Genus: | Coelotrochus |
Species: | C. polychroma
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Binomial name | |
Coelotrochus polychroma (Marshall, 1998)[1]
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Synonyms[2] | |
Thoristella polychroma Marshall, 1998 |
Coelotrochus polychroma is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Trochidae, the top snails.[2]
Description
The width of the shell attains 5.9 mm.
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Distribution
This marine species is endemic to New Zealand and occurs off Three Kings Islands.
References
- ^ Marshall (1998). Molluscan Research 19 (1) : 73-106. World Register of Marine Species, Retrieved 1 May 2010.
- ^ a b Coelotrochus polychroma (Marshall, 1998). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 21 June 2012.
- 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.
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