Clypeostoma elongatum
| Clypeostoma elongatum | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Vetigastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Seguenzioidea |
| Family: | Chilodontidae |
| Genus: | Clypeostoma |
| Species: | C. elongatum |
| Binomial name | |
| Clypeostoma elongatum (Vilvens, 2001)[1] | |
| Synonyms | |
|
Agathodonta elongata Vilvens, 2001 | |
Clypeostoma elongatum is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Chilodontidae (formerly in the family Trochidae, the top snails).[2]
Description
The size of the shell varies between 7 mm and 24 mm.
Distribution
This marine species occurs off the Philippines and Indonesia.
References
- ↑ Vilvens (2001). Novapex 2 (2) : 57-60. World Register of Marine Species, Retrieved 1 May 2010.
- ↑ Clypeostoma elongatum Vilvens, 2001. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 March 2013.
- Vilvens C. (2001). Description of a new species of Agathodonta (Gastropoda: Trochidae: Eucyclinae: Chilodontini) from Indonesia and the Philippine Islands. Novapex 2(2): 57-60
- Herbert D.G. (2012) A revision of the Chilodontidae (Gastropoda: Vetigastropoda: Seguenzioidea) of southern Africa and the south-western Indian Ocean. African Invertebrates, 53(2): 381–502
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