Wanganella porcellana

Wanganella porcellana
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Vetigastropoda
Family:	incertae sedis
Genus:	Wanganella
Species:	W. porcellana
Binomial name
Wanganella porcellana (Tate & May, 1900)
Synonyms [1]
Conicella lacunaLaseron, 1954 Cyclostrema porcellanaTate & May, 1900 Putilla lacunaLaseron, C.F., 1954 Putilla porcellana(Tate & May, 1900) Rissoa pertranslucidaMay, 1912 Wanganella fissuraLaseron, 1954

Wanganella porcellana, the porcellain false top shell, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk, unassigned in the superfamily Seguenzioidea. ^[1]

Description

The shell grows to a height of 2.3 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Queensland, Southwest Australia and Tasmania

References

1. Rosenberg, G. (2012). Wanganella porcellana (Tate & May, 1900). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=598123 on 27 March 2013

External links

• World Register of Marine Species
• "Wanganella porcellana". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
• Ponder W. F. (1985) A review of the genera of the Rissoidae (Mollusca: Mesogastropoda: Rissoacea). Records of the Australian Museum supplement 4: 1-221
• Molluscs of Tasmania: Putilla porcellana