Wanganella porcellana

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

Wanganella porcellana
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Vetigastropoda
Superfamily: Seguenzioidea
Family: incertae sedis
Genus: Wanganella
Species:
W. porcellana
Binomial name
Wanganella porcellana
(Tate & May, 1900)
Synonyms[1]
  • Conicella lacuna Laseron, 1954
  • Cyclostrema porcellana Tate & May, 1900
  • Putilla lacuna Laseron, C.F., 1954
  • Putilla porcellana (Tate & May, 1900)
  • Rissoa pertranslucida May, 1912
  • Wanganella fissura Laseron, 1954

Description

The shell grows to a height of 2.3 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Queensland, Southwest Australia and Tasmania

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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
  • To 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


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