Venustatrochus eclectus

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Venustatrochus eclectus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Vetigastropoda
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Calliostomatidae
Genus: Venustatrochus
Species:
V. eclectus
Binomial name
Venustatrochus eclectus
B. A. Marshall, 2016

Venustatrochus eclectus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk, in the family Calliostomatidae within the superfamily Trochoidea, the top snails, turban snails and their allies. [1] [2]

Distribution

This species occurs in New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone. [1]

References

  1. 1 2 MolluscaBase (2018). Venustatrochus eclectus B. A. Marshall, 2016. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=880960 on 2018-12-28
  2. Marshall, B. A. (2016). New species of Venustatrochus Powell, 1951 from New Zealand, and new species of Falsimargarita Powell, 1951 and a new genus of the Calliostomatidae from the southwest Pacific, with comments on some other calliostomatid genera (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Molluscan Research. 36: 119-141.