Canarium wilsonorum

Canarium wilsonorum
Apertural view of Canarium wilsonorum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Littorinimorpha
Family:	Strombidae
Genus:	Canarium
Species:	C. wilsonorum
Binomial name
Canarium wilsonorum (Abbott, 1967)
Synonyms [1]
Strombus (Canarium) wilsoniAbbott, 1967 Strombus wilsoniAbbott, 1967 (incorrectly formed specific epithet) Strombus wilsonorumAbbott, 1967

Canarium wilsonorum is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Strombidae, the true conchs. ^[1]

Distribution

This species occurs in the Indian Ocean off Mozambique, Tanzania and the Mascarene Basin.

References

1. Canarium wilsonorum Abbott, 1967 . Bouchet, P. (2010). Canarium wilsonorum (Abbott, 1967). Accessed through the World Register of Marine Species at http://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=532189 on 25 February 2011 .

• Kilburn, R.N. (1977) Taxonomic studies on the marine Mollusca of southern Africa and Mozambique. Part 1. Annals of the Natal Museum, 23, 173–214.
• Walls, J.G. (1980). Conchs, tibias and harps. A survey of the molluscan families Strombidae and Harpidae. T.F.H. Publications Ltd, Hong Kong.
• Steyn, D.G. & Lussi, M. (1998) Marine Shells of South Africa. An Illustrated Collector’s Guide to Beached Shells. Ekogilde Publishers, Hartebeespoort, South Africa, ii + 264 pp. page(s): 44
• Liverani V. (2014) The superfamily Stromboidea. Addenda and corrigenda. In: G.T. Poppe, K. Groh & C. Renker (eds), A conchological iconography. pp. 1-54, pls 131-164. Harxheim: Conchbooks.

External links

• Abbott, R.T. (1967). Strombus (Canarium) wilsoni new species from the Indo-Pacific. Indo-Pacific Mollusca. 1(7): 455-456.