Cellana eucosmia
| Cellana eucosmia | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Littorinimorpha |
| Superfamily: | Lottioidea |
| Family: | Naticidae |
| Genus: | Cellana |
| Species: | C. eucosmia |
| Binomial name | |
| Cellana eucosmia (Pilsbry, 1891) | |
Cellana eucosmia is a species of predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Naticidae, the moon snails.[1]
Distribution
This species occurs in the Red Sea and in the Indian Ocean off Tanzania.
References
- ↑ Cellana eucosmia (Pilsbry, 1891). WoRMS (2010). Cellana eucosmia (Pilsbry, 1891). 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=207650 on 16 June 2010.
- Spry, J.F. (1961). The sea shells of Dar es Salaam: Gastropods. Tanganyika Notes and Records 56
- Nakano & Ozawa (2007). Worldwide phylogeography of limpets of the order Patellogastropoda: Molecular, morphological and palaeontological evidence. Journal of Molluscan Studies 73(1) 79-99.
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