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Haplocochlias nunezi

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Haplocochlias nunezi
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Trochida
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Skeneidae
Genus: Haplocochlias
Species:
H. nunezi
Binomial name
Haplocochlias nunezi
Espinosa, Ortea & Fernandez-Garces, 2004[1]
Synonyms

Haplocochlias swifti auct. non Vanatta, 1913

Haplocochlias nunezi is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Skeneidae.[2]

Description

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The height of the shell attains 5.2 mm.

Distribution

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This species occurs in the Gulf of Mexico at depths up to 90 m; in the Atlantic Ocean off the Bahamas.

References

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  • Espinosa, J., J. Ortea and R. Fernández-Garcés. 2005. Descripción de tres nuevas especies del género Haplocochlias Carpenter, 1864 (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Avicennia 17: 71–76