Cantharidella

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Cantharidella
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Drawing with three views of a shell of Cantharidella picturata
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Trochida
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Trochidae
Genus: Cantharidella
Pilsbry, 1889
Type species
Gibbula picturata
A. Adams & Angas, 1864

Cantharidella is a genus of small sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the subfamily Trochinae of the family Trochidae, the top snails. [1]

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Description

This genus consists of small forms with much the aspect of tiny Cantharidus . They are usually polished, narrowly or not perforate. The shell is conical, and elongated. [2]

Distribution

This genus of marine species occurs off India, Sri Lanka, the Philippines and Australia (New South Wales, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia).

Species

Species within the genus Cantharidella include:

Species brought into synonymy

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References

  1. WoRMS (2013). Cantharidella Pilsbry, 1889. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=413456 on 2014-01-09
  2. Tryon (1889), Manual of Conchology XI, Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia

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