Nanula flindersi

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Nanula flindersi
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Vetigastropoda
Order: Trochida
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Trochidae
Genus: Nanula
Species:
N. flindersi
Binomial name
Nanula flindersi
Cotton & Godfrey, 1935

Nanula flindersi, common name Flinders top shell, is a species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Trochidae, the top snails [1]

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Description

The height of the shell attains 4 mm.

Distribution

This marine species is endemic to Australia and occurs in the shallow subtidal zone and the continental shelf off South Australia, Victoria and Western Australia.

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References

  1. Marshall, B. (2013). Nanula flindersi Cotton & Godfrey, 1935. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=719231 on 2014-02-10