Coelotrochus polychromus

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Coelotrochus polychromus
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Vetigastropoda
Order: Trochida
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Trochidae
Genus: Coelotrochus
Species:
C. polychromus
Binomial name
Coelotrochus polychromus
(Marshall, 1998) [1]
Synonyms [2]

Thoristella polychromaMarshall, 1998

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

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Description

The width of the shell attains 5.9 mm.

Distribution

This marine species is endemic to New Zealand and occurs off Three Kings Islands.

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References

  1. Marshall (1998). Molluscan Research 19 (1) : 73–106. World Register of Marine Species, Retrieved 1 May 2010.
  2. 1 2 MolluscaBase (2019). MolluscaBase. Coelotrochus polychromus (B. A. Marshall, 1998). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=598202 on 2019-11-18