Macrarene cookeana
| Macrarene cookeana | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Clade: | Vetigastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Trochoidea (superfamily) |
| Family: | Liotiidae |
| Genus: | Macrarene |
| Species: | M. cookeana |
| Binomial name | |
| Macrarene cookeana (Dall, 1918) | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Macrarene cookeana, common name Miss Cooke's liotia, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Liotiidae.[1][2]
Description
The length of the shell varies between 18 mm and 30 mm.
Distribution
This species occurs in the Pacific Ocean off Baja California, Mexico.
References
- 1 2 Rosenberg, G. (2012). Macrarene cookeana (Dall, 1918). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=528080 on 2012-12-03
- ↑ Turgeon, D.D., et al. 1998. Common and scientific names of aquatic invertebrates of the United States and Canada. American Fisheries Society Special Publication 26
- Abbott R. T. (1974). American Seashells. The marine mollusca of the Atlantic and Pacific coast of North America. II edit. Van Nostrand, New York 663 p. + 24 pl:
page(s): 53
External links
| External identifiers for Macrarene cookeana | |
|---|---|
| Encyclopedia of Life | 493270 |
| ITIS | 70297 |
| WoRMS | 528080 |
- To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication)
- To Encyclopedia of Life
- To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
- To ITIS
- To World Register of Marine Species
- Gastropods.com: Macrarene cookeana
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