Cumia alfredensis

Cumia alfredensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Buccinoidea
Family: Colubrariidae
Genus: Cumia
Species: C. alfredensis
Binomial name
Cumia alfredensis
(Bartsch, 1915)
Synonyms[1]
  • Colubraria alfredensis Bartsch, 1915
  • Fusus alfredensis (Bartsch, 1915)
  • Ratifusus alfredensis (Bartsch, 1915)

Cumia alfredensis, common name : the narrow dwarf triton, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Colubrariidae.[1]

Description

The shell size varies between 20 mm and 50 mm

Distribution

It is distributed along KwaZuluNatal, South Africa

References

  1. 1 2 Cumia alfredensis (Bartsch, 1915).  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 26 November 2010.

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