Wanganella porcellana
Appearance
Wanganella porcellana | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
Superfamily: | Seguenzioidea |
Family: | incertae sedis |
Genus: | Wanganella |
Species: | W. porcellana
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Binomial name | |
Wanganella porcellana (Tate & May, 1900)
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Synonyms[1] | |
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Wanganella porcellana, common name the porcellain false top shell, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk, unassigned in the superfamily Seguenzioidea.[1]
Description
The shell grows to a height of 2.3 mm.
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Distribution
This marine species occurs off Queensland, Southwest Australia and Tasmania
References
- ^ a b Rosenberg, G. (2012). Wanganella porcellana (Tate & May, 1900). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=598123 on 27 March 2013
External links
- To World Register of Marine Species
- Gastropods.com: Wanganella porcellana
- Ponder W. F. (1985) A review of the genera of the Rissoidae (Mollusca: Mesogastropoda: Rissoacea). Records of the Australian Museum supplement 4: 1-221
- Molluscs of Tasmania: Putilla porcellana