Maurea pellucida

Maurea pellucida
Shell of Maurea pellucida (lectotype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
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]

Description

The length of the shell attains 27 mm

Distribution

This marine species occurs off New Caledonia and New Zealand.

References

1. 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

• Finlay, H.J. (1923). Some remarks on New Zealand Calliostomidae, with descriptions of new Tertiary species. Transactions of the New Zealand Institute. 54: 99-105.

External links

• Valenciennes A. (1846). Atlas de Zoologie. Mollusques. In: A. du Petit-Thouars, Voyage autour du monde sur la frégate la Venus pendant les années 1836–1839. 4 vols
• Philippi, R. A. (1846-1855). Die Kreiselschnecken oder Trochoideen (Gattungen Turbo, Trochus, Solarium, Rotella, Delphinula, Phasianella). In Abbildungen nach der Natur mit Beschreibungen. In: Küster, H. C.; Ed. Systematisches Conchylien Cabinet von Martini und Chemnitz. Zweiten Bandes, dritte Abtheilung. 2(3)