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Coelotrochus rex

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Coelotrochus rex
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Trochida
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Trochidae
Genus: Coelotrochus
Species:
C. rex
Binomial name
Coelotrochus rex
Synonyms[2]

Thoristella rex Marshall, 1998 (original combination)

Coleotrochus rex is a species of small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Trochidae, the top snails.[2]

Description

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The shells of most species of sea snails are spirally coiled. The height of the shell attains 15 mm, its diameter 18 mm.

Distribution

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This marine species is endemic to New Zealand and occurs off Three Kings Islands.

References

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  1. ^ Marshall (1998). Molluscan Research 19 (1) : 73-106. World Register of Marine Species, Retrieved 1 May 2010.
  2. ^ a b Rosenberg, G. (2014). Coelotrochus rex (B. A. Marshall, 1998). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=598203 on 2014-06-05
  • Image of the holotype of the species, N.Z. government site
  • Spencer, H.G.; Marshall, B.A.; Maxwell, P.A.; Grant-Mackie, J.A.; Stilwell, J.D.; Willan, R.C.; Campbell, H.J.; Crampton, J.S.; Henderson, R.A.; Bradshaw, M.A.; Waterhouse, J.B.; Pojeta, J. Jr (2009). Phylum Mollusca: chitons, clams, tusk shells, snails, squids, and kin, in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. pp. 161–254