Leptothyra benthicola

Leptothyra benthicola is a species of small sea snail with calcareous opercula, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Colloniidae.[1][2]

Leptothyra benthicola
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Vetigastropoda
Superfamily: Phasianelloidea
Family: Colloniidae
Subfamily: Colloniinae
Genus: Leptothyra
Species:
L. benthicola
Binomial name
Leptothyra benthicola
Marshall, 1979

Distribution

This marine species is endemic to New Zealand.

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References

  1. Rosenberg, G. (2012). Leptothyra benthicola. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=592816 on 2013-02-10
  2. Marshall B. A. (1979). The Trochidae and Turbinidae of the Kermadec Ridge (Mollusca: Gastropoda). New Zealand Journal of Zoology 6: 521-552


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