Murchisonella anabathron

Murchisonella anabathron
Shell of Murchisonella anabathron (specimen at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Family:	Murchisonellidae
Genus:	Murchisonella
Species:	M. anabathron
Binomial name
Murchisonella anabathron (Hedley, 1906) [1]
Synonyms
Eulimella anabathronHedley, 1906 (basionym) Koloonella anabathron(Hedley, 1906)

Murchisonella anabathron, common name the platform pyramid-shell, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Murchisonellidae, the pyrams and their allies. ^[2]

Distribution

This species occurs off Eastern Australia, New South Wales and Tasmania; also off New Caledonia.

References

1. Hedley, C. (1906). Studies on Australian Mollusca. Part IX. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales. 30, p.524, pl. 33, figs 39, 40
2. Bouchet, P.; Marshall, B. (2015). Murchisonella anabathron (Hedley, 1906). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=720493 on 2015-04-14

• May, W.L. (1923). An Illustrated Index of Tasmanian Shells. Hobart : Government Printer. 100 pp
• Iredale, T. & McMichael, D.F. (1962). A reference list of the marine Mollusca of New South Wales. Memoirs of the Australian Museum. 11 : 1-109
• Peñas A. & Rolán E. (2013) Revision of the genera Murchisonella and Pseudoaclisina (Gastropoda, Heterobranchia, Murchisonellidae). Vita Malacologica 11: 15–64.

External links

• World Register of Marine Species