Pagodatrochus variabilis
Appearance
Pagodatrochus variabilis | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
Order: | Trochida |
Superfamily: | Trochoidea |
Family: | Trochidae |
Subfamily: | Cantharidinae |
Genus: | Pagodatrochus |
Species: | P. variabilis
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Binomial name | |
Pagodatrochus variabilis (H. Adams, 1873) [1]
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Synonyms[2] | |
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Pagodatrochus variabilis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Trochidae.[2][3][4]
Description
The size of the shell varies between 3 mm and 7 mm.
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Distribution
This species occurs in the Red Sea and in the western Indian Ocean.
References
- ^ Adams, P. Z. S. 1873, p. 207, t. 23, f 10.
- ^ a b Bouchet, P. (2012). Pagodatrochus variabilis (H. Adams, 1873). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=567700 on 2013-04-14
- ^ Herbert D.G. (1989). Pagodatrochus, a new genus for Minolia variabilis H. Adams, 1873 (Gastropoda: Trochidae). Journal of Molluscan Studies, 55:365-372.
- ^ Bosch D.T., Dance S.P., Moolenbeek R.G. & Oliver P.G. (1995) Seashells of eastern Arabia. Dubai: Motivate Publishing. 296 pp.
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