Africotriton carinapex
Africotriton carinapex is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cancellariidae, the nutmeg snails.[1]
| Africotriton carinapex | |
|---|---|
| Shell of Africotriton carinapex (holotype at the Australian Museum) | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Family: | Cancellariidae |
| Genus: | Africotriton |
| Species: | A. carinapex |
| Binomial name | |
| Africotriton carinapex Beu & Maxwell, 1987 | |
Description
The length of the shell attains 11.7 mm.
Distribution
It is found off the coast of New South Wales, Australia.[2]
References
- Africotriton carinapex Beu & Maxwell, 1987. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 6 April 2010.
- "Africotriton carinapex Beu & P.A.Maxwell, 1987". gbif.org. Retrieved 18 January 2023.
- Beu, A. G.; Maxwell, P. A. (1987). A revision of the fossil and living gastropods related to Plesiotriton Fischer, 1884 (Family Cancellariidae, Subfamily Plesiotritoninae n. subfam.). With an appendix: Genera of Buccinidae Pisaniinae related to Colubraria Schumacher, 1817. New Zealand Geological Survey Paleontological Bulletin. 54: 1-140.
- Hemmen, J. (2007). Recent Cancellariidae. Annotated and illustrated catalogue of Recent Cancellariidae. Privately published, Wiesbaden. 428 pp.
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