Vanikoro (gastropod)

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Vanikoro
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Vanikoro ligata
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Vanikoridae
Genus: Vanikoro
Quoy & Gaimard, 1832 [1]
Type species
Vanikoro cancellata
Lamarck, 1822
Synonyms [2]
  • KorovinaIredale, 1918
  • LeucotisSwainson, 1840 (junior objective synonym of Vanikoro)
  • MerriaGray, 1839
  • Naricad'Orbigny, 1842

Vanikoro is a genus of very small sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Vanikoridae. [2]

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Distribution

This species occurs in the Indian Ocean off Mauritius.

Species

Species within the genus Vanikoro include:

Species brought into synonymy
Taxon inquirendum

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References

  1. Quoy & Gaimard (1833). In: d'Urville, Voy. "Astrolabe",Zool.2: 239.
  2. 1 2 Vanikoro Quoy & Gaimard, 1832 . Vanikoro Quoy & Gaimard, 1832. In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2010) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=204656 on 3 July 2012 .
  3. Rosenberg, G. (2010). Vanikoro sulcatus (d'Orbigny, 1842). In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2010) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=532309 on 2010-12-18