Biplex pulchella
| Biplex pulchella | |
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| Shell of Biplex pulchella (museum specimen at Naturalis Biodiversity Center) | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Littorinimorpha |
| Superfamily: | Tonnoidea |
| Family: | Ranellidae |
| Subfamily: | Ranellinae |
| Genus: | Biplex |
| Species: | B. pulchella |
| Binomial name | |
| Biplex pulchella (G.B. Sowerby I, 1825) | |
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Biplex pulchella, common name the tiny winged frog shell, is a species of predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Ranellidae, the triton snails, triton shells or tritons.[1]
Description
The size of the shell varies between 13 mm and 35 mm.
Distribution
This marine species occurs from Indonesia to Northeast Australia.
References
- 1 2 Biplex pulchella (G.B. Sowerby I, 1825). WoRMS (2010). Biplex pulchella (G.B. Sowerby I, 1825). In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2010) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=476436 on 27 June 2010.
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