Leptothyra kermadecensis

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Leptothyra kermadecensis
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Superfamily: Phasianelloidea
Family: Colloniidae
Subfamily: Colloniinae
Genus: Leptothyra
Species:
L. kermadecensis
Binomial name
Leptothyra kermadecensis
Marshall, 1979
Synonyms

Leptothyra picta Marshall, B.A, 1979

Leptothyra kermadecensis is a species of small sea snail with calcareous opercula, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Colloniidae. [1] [2]

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Distribution

This marine species is endemic off the Kermadec Ridge, New Zealand.

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References

  1. Rosenberg, G. (2012). Leptothyra kermadecensis Marshall, 1979. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=592815 on 2013-02-10
  2. Marshall B. A. (1979). The Trochidae and Turbinidae of the Kermadec Ridge (Mollusca: Gastropoda). New Zealand Journal of Zoology 6: 521-552