Maurea pellucida

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Maurea pellucida
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Shell of Maurea pellucida (lectotype at MNHN, Paris)
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Trochida
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Calliostomatidae
Genus: Maurea
Species:
M. pellucida
Binomial name
Maurea pellucida
(Valenciennes, 1846)
Synonyms [1]
  • Calliostoma (Calliotropis) pellucidum(Valenciennes, 1846)
  • Calliostoma (Calliotropis) pellucidum spiratumW. R. B. Oliver, 1926
  • Calliostoma (Maurea) pellucidum(Valenciennes, 1846)
  • Calliostoma pellucidum(Valenciennes, 1846)
  • Calliostoma undulatumFinlay, 1923
  • Trochus pellucidusValenciennes, 1846
  • Trochus torquatusAnton in Philippi, 1848
  • Venustas pellucida(Valenciennes, 1846)

Maurea pellucida is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk, in the family Calliostomatidae within the superfamily Trochoidea, the top snails, turban snails and their allies. [1]

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Description

The length of the shell attains 27 mm

Distribution

This marine species occurs off New Caledonia and New Zealand.

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References

  1. 1 2 MolluscaBase (2018). Maurea pellucida (Valenciennes, 1846). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=757965 on 2018-12-28