Microgaza katoi
| Microgaza katoi | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Clade: | Vetigastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Trochoidea (superfamily) |
| Family: | Solariellidae |
| Genus: | Microgaza |
| Species: | M. katoi |
| Binomial name | |
| Microgaza katoi (Kuroda & Habe in Habe, 1961) | |
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Microgaza katoi is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Solariellidae.[1]
Description
The size of the shell varies between 5 mm and 15 mm.
Distribution
This marine species occurs off Japan, the Philippines and New Caledonia.
References
- ↑ Bouchet, P. (2013). Microgaza katoi (Kuroda & Habe, 1961). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=732087 on 2013-11-14
- Museum of New Zealand: Archiminolia katoi
- Habe, T (1964), Shells of the Western Pacific in Colour, Vol.II, 233pp., 66pls., Hoikusha Publishing Company, Osaka
- Higo, S., Callomon, P. & Goto, Y. (1999) Catalogue and Bibliography of the Marine Shell-Bearing Mollusca of Japan. Elle Scientific Publications, Yao, Japan, 749 pp.
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