Coelotrochus rex

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Coelotrochus rex
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Trochida
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Trochidae
Genus: Coelotrochus
Species:
C. rex
Binomial name
Coelotrochus rex
Synonyms [2]

Thoristella rexMarshall, 1998 (original combination)

Contents

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

Description

The shells of most species of sea snails are spirally coiled. The height of the shell attains 15 mm, its diameter 18 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 Rosenberg, G. (2014). Coelotrochus rex (B. A. Marshall, 1998). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=598203 on 2014-06-05