Contraxiala obliqua

Contraxiala obliqua
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura
clade Panpulmonata
Superfamily: Pyramidelloidea
Family: Pyramidellidae
Genus: Contraxiala
Species: C. obliqua
Binomial name
Contraxiala obliqua
Laseron, 1956 [1]

Contraxiala obliqua is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pyramidellidae, the pyrams and their allies. The species is the only known species to exist within the genus, Contraxiala. [2]

Distribution

This species occurs in the Great Barrier Reef, off the northeast coast of Queensland, Australia, Australia.

References

  1. ↑ Laseron, C., 1956. The Families Rissoinidae and Rissoidae (Mollusca) from the Solanderian and Dampierian zoogeographical provinces. Australian Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 7(3): p.421, fig. 88
  2. ↑ Rosenberg, G. (2011). Contraxiala obliqua Laseron, 1956. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=592479 on 2012-01-12

External links

External identifiers for Contraxiala obliqua
WoRMS 592479


This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the Wednesday, January 16, 2013. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.