Spectamen franciscanum

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Spectamen franciscanum
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Trochida
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Solariellidae
Genus: Spectamen
Species:
S. franciscanum
Binomial name
Spectamen franciscanum
(Barnard, 1963)
Synonyms [1]
  • Solariella franciscanaBarnard, 1963
  • Solariella (Solariella) franciscanum(Barnard, 1963)

Spectamen franciscanum is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Solariellidae. [1] [2] [3]

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Description

The size of the shell attains 14 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Transkei, Rep. South Africa

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References

  1. 1 2 WoRMS (2012). Spectamen franciscanum. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=567670 on 2012-12-03
  2. ↑ Kilburn, R.N. (1977) Taxonomic studies on the marine Mollusca of southern Africa and Mozambique. Part 1. Annals of the Natal Museum, 23, 173–214.
  3. ↑ Herbert D.G. (1987). Revision of the Solariellinae (Mollusca: Prosobranchia: Trochidae) in southern Africa. Annals of the Natal Museum 25(2):283-382.


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