Austrocochlea rudis

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Austrocochlea rudis
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Apertural view of a shell of Austrocochlea rudis
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Trochida
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Trochidae
Genus: Austrocochlea
Species:
A. rudis
Binomial name
Austrocochlea rudis
(Gray, 1826) [1]
Synonyms
  • Fractarmilla rudisauct.
  • Labio rudisA. Adams, 1851
  • Monodonta carbonariaPhilippi, 1848
  • Monodonta melanostomaMenke, 1843
  • Monodonta rudisGray, 1826 (original description)
  • Trochacochlea chloropodaTate, 1879
  • Trochus carbonariaauct.
  • Trochus rudisauct.

Austrocochlea rudis, common name the rough periwinkle or the roughened austrocochlea, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Trochidae, the top snails. [2] [3]

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Description

The imperforate shell has an orbiculate-conical shape. The blunt spire shows transversal black lines and oblique longitudinal striae. The columella is subtuberculate. The smooth lip is black and within with a golden yellow margin. [4]

Distribution

This marine species is endemic to Australia and occurs off South Australia and Western Australia

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References

  1. ↑ Gray, J.E. 1826. Mollusca. pp. 474-496 in King, P.P. (ed). Narrative of a survey of the intertropical and western coasts of Australia. Performed between the years 1818 and 1822. London : John Murray Vol. 2.
  2. ↑ Bouchet, P. (2012). Austrocochlea rudis (Gray, 1826). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=546942 on 2012-11-23
  3. ↑ Donald K.M., Kennedy M. & Spencer H.G. (2005) The phylogeny and taxonomy of austral monodontine topshells (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Trochidae), inferred from DNA sequences. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 37: 474-483.
  4. ↑ Tryon (1889), Manual of Conchology XI, Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia
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