Canalispira umuhlwa
Canalispira umuhlwa is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk, in the family Cystiscidae.[1]
| Canalispira umuhlwa | |
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| Shell of Canalispira umuhlwa (paratype at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Clade: | Caenogastropoda |
| Clade: | Hypsogastropoda |
| Clade: | Neogastropoda |
| Family: | Cystiscidae |
| Subfamily: | Canalispirinae |
| Genus: | Canalispira |
| Species: | C. umuhlwa |
| Binomial name | |
| Canalispira umuhlwa Kilburn, 1990 | |
Distribution
This marine species occurs off KwaZulu, South Africa.
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References
- MolluscaBase (2018). Canalispira umuhlwa Kilburn, 1990. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=557334 on 2019-01-05
- Lussi M. & Smith G. (1998) Family Cystiscidae Stimpson, 1865. Revision of the family Cystiscidae in South Africa with the introduction of three genera and the description of eight new species. Malacologia Mostra Mondiale 27: 3-23.
- Kilburn, R.N. (1990). The genus Canalispira Jousseaume, 1875 in southern Africa (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Marginellidae). Annals of the Natal Museum. 31: 215–221
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