Leptothyra benthicola
Appearance
Leptothyra benthicola | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
Order: | Trochida |
Superfamily: | Trochoidea |
Family: | Colloniidae |
Subfamily: | Colloniinae |
Genus: | Leptothyra |
Species: | L. benthicola
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Binomial name | |
Leptothyra benthicola Marshall, 1979
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Leptothyra benthicola is a species of small sea snail with calcareous opercula, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Colloniidae.[1][2]
Distribution
This marine species is endemic to New Zealand.
References
- ^ Rosenberg, G. (2012). Leptothyra benthicola. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=592816 on 2013-02-10
- ^ Marshall B. A. (1979). The Trochidae and Turbinidae of the Kermadec Ridge (Mollusca: Gastropoda). New Zealand Journal of Zoology 6: 521-552
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