Fossarina legrandi

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Fossarina legrandi
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Drawing with two views of a shell of Fossarina legrandi
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Trochida
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Trochidae
Genus: Fossarina
Species:
F. legrandi
Binomial name
Fossarina legrandi
(Petterd, 1879)
Synonyms
  • Fossarina (Minopa) legrandiPetterd, 1879
  • Gibbula legrandiTate, R. & May, W.L. 1901
  • Minopa legrandi(Petterd, 1879)
  • Calliotrochus legrandiMay, W.L. 1921

Fossarina legrandi, common name Legrand's top shell, is a species of very small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc or micromollusk in the family Trochidae, the top snails. [1]

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Description

The shell grows to a length of 5 mm. The small, thin shell has a depressed globose shape. It is highly polished, translucent and rich brown. The minute spire contains 2½ whorls and is very little elevated. The suture is much impressed. The aperture is inflately lunate. It is tinged white and faintly dilate at the inner portion. [2]

Distribution

This marine species is endemic to Australia and occurs off New South Wales, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria and Western Australia.

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References

  1. ↑ MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Fossarina legrandi Petterd, 1879. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=719229 on 2020-11-25
  2. ↑ Petterd, W. 1879. New species of Tasmanian marine shells. Journal of Conchology 2: 102-105
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