Austrotriton subdistortus
Appearance
Austrotriton subdistortus | |
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Shell of Austrotriton subdistortus (specimen at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Littorinimorpha |
Family: | Cymatiidae |
Genus: | Austrotriton |
Species: | A. subdistortus
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Binomial name | |
Austrotriton subdistortus (Lamarck, 1822)
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Synonyms[1] | |
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Austrotriton subdistortus is a species of predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cymatiidae.[1]
Description
[edit]Shell size 39 mm.
Distribution
[edit]This marine species occurs off Tasmania.
References
[edit]- ^ a b Austrotriton subdistortus (Lamarck, 1822). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 6 December 2018.
External links
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- Lamarck, [J.-B. M.] de. (1822). Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres. Tome septième. Paris: published by the Author, 711 pp
- Strong E.E., Puillandre N., Beu A.G., Castelin M. & Bouchet P. (2019). Frogs and tuns and tritons – A molecular phylogeny and revised family classification of the predatory gastropod superfamily Tonnoidea (Caenogastropoda). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 130: 18-34