Cantharidus nolfi

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Cantharidus nolfi
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Trochida
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Trochidae
Genus: Cantharidus
Species:
C. nolfi
Binomial name
Cantharidus nolfi
Poppe, Tagaro & Dekker, 2006 [1]

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

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Description

The length of the shell varies between 6.5 mm and 8.5 mm. This sea snail is a broadcast spawner resulting in embryos developing into planktonic trocophore larvae, juvenile veligers and finally becoming fully grown adults. [3] It is a deposit feeder and grazer. [4]

Distribution

This marine species occurs off the Philippines.

References

  1. ↑ Poppe, Tagaro & Dekker. 2006. Visaya Supplement: Supplement 2 Pages: 3–228. World Register of Marine Species, Retrieved 1 May 2010.
  2. ↑ Cantharidus nolfi Poppe, Tagaro & Dekker, 2006 . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 27 November 2012.
  3. ↑ "Cantharidus nolfi". www.sealifebase.org. Retrieved 14 November 2025.
  4. ↑ "MolluscaBase - Kaiparathina nolfi (Poppe, Tagaro & Dekker, 2006)". www.molluscabase.org. Retrieved 14 November 2025.


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