Pagodatrochus variabilis

Pagodatrochus variabilis
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Vetigastropoda
Order:	Trochida
Superfamily:	Trochoidea
Family:	Trochidae
Subfamily:	Cantharidinae
Genus:	Pagodatrochus
Species:	P. variabilis
Binomial name
Pagodatrochus variabilis (H. Adams, 1873) [1]
Synonyms [2]
Minolia eutychesMelvill, 1918 Minolia (Conotrochus) eutychesMelvill, 1918 Minolia variabilisH. Adams, 1873 Trochus (Gibbula) marieiFischer, 1886 Trochus marieiFischer, 1886

Pagodatrochus variabilis

Pagodatrochus variabilis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Trochidae. ^{[2] [3] [4]}

Description

The size of the shell varies between 3 mm and 7 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Red Sea and in the western Indian Ocean.

References

1. Adams, P. Z. S. 1873, p. 207, t. 23, f 10.
2. Bouchet, P. (2012). Pagodatrochus variabilis (H. Adams, 1873). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=567700 on 2013-04-14
3. Herbert D.G. (1989). Pagodatrochus, a new genus for Minolia variabilis H. Adams, 1873 (Gastropoda: Trochidae). Journal of Molluscan Studies, 55:365-372.
4. Bosch D.T., Dance S.P., Moolenbeek R.G. & Oliver P.G. (1995) Seashells of eastern Arabia. Dubai: Motivate Publishing. 296 pp.

External links

• World Register of Marine Species
• "Pagodatrochus variabilis". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.