Bembicium auratum

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Gold-mouthed conniwink
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Littorinidae
Genus: Bembicium
Species:
B. auratum
Binomial name
Bembicium auratum
(Quoy & Gaimard, 1834)
Synonyms [1]
  • Bembicium nodulosumMusgrave, 1929
  • Littorina imbricataGray, 1839
  • Risella kielmannsegiZelebor, 1866
  • Trochus auratusQuoy & Gaimard, 1834
  • Trochus cicatricosusPhilippi, 1843

Bembicium auratum, commonly known as the gold-mouthed conniwink, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Littorinidae, the winkles or periwinkles. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 Bembicium auratum (Quoy & Gaimard, 1834) . Reid, David G. (2009). Bembicium auratum (Quoy & Gaimard, 1834). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 6 June 2010 .