Neritopsis aqabaensis

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Neritopsis aqabaensis
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Neritimorpha
Order: Cycloneritida
Family: Neritopsidae
Genus: Neritopsis
Species:
N. aqabaensis
Binomial name
Neritopsis aqabaensis
Bandel, 2007 [1]

Neritopsis aqabaensis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Neritopsidae. [2]

Contents

Description

The veliger is planktotrophic. [1]

Distribution

Gulf of Aqaba, Jordan. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 Bandel K. (2007). "Description and classification of Late Triassic Neritimorpha (Gastropoda, Mollusca) from the St Cassian Formation, Italian Alps". Bulletin of Geosciences 82(3): 215–274. doi:10.3140/bull.geosci.2007.03.215.
  2. Neritopsis aqabaensis Bandel, 2007 . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 5 May 2010.