Botryphallus tuber

Botryphallus tuber is a species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Rissoidae.[1]

Botryphallus tuber
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Littorinimorpha
Superfamily:
Rissooidea
Family:
Rissoidae
Genus:
Botryphallus
Species:
B. tuber
Binomial name
Botryphallus tuber
(Rolán, 1991)

Description

Distribution
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References
  1. Botryphallus tuber (Rolán, 1991). WoRMS (2009). Botryphallus tuber (Rolán, 1991). Accessed through the World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=224637 on 9 August 2010 .


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