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Macrarene cookeana

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Macrarene cookeana
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Trochida
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Liotiidae
Genus: Macrarene
Species:
M. cookeana
Binomial name
Macrarene cookeana
(Dall, 1918)
Synonyms[1]
  • Cyclostrema cookeanum (Dall, 1918)

Macrarene cookeana, common name Miss Cooke's liotia, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Liotiidae.[1][2]

Description

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The length of the shell varies between 18 mm and 30 mm.

Distribution

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This species occurs in the Pacific Ocean off Baja California, Mexico.

References

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Notes
  1. ^ a b Rosenberg, G. (2012). Macrarene cookeana (Dall, 1918). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=528080 on 2012-12-03
  2. ^ Turgeon, D.D., et al. 1998. Common and scientific names of aquatic invertebrates of the United States and Canada. American Fisheries Society Special Publication 26
Sources
  • Abbott R. T. (1974). American Seashells. The marine mollusca of the Atlantic and Pacific coast of North America. II edit. Van Nostrand, New York 663 p. + 24 pl:

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  • Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication)
  • Encyclopedia of Life
  • USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
  • ITIS
  • World Register of Marine Species
  • "Macrarene cookeana". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.