Nanula

Nanula
Drawing of a shell of Nanula tasmanica
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Vetigastropoda
Superfamily: Trochoidea (superfamily)
Family: Trochidae
Genus: Nanula
Thiele, 1924
Type species
Gibbula tasmanica Petterd, W.F., 1879

Nanula is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Trochidae, the top snails.[1]

Distribution

The species in this genus are endemic to Australia and occur off New South Wales, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria and Western Australia.

Species

References

  1. Bouchet, P. (2012). Nanula Thiele, 1924. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=512282 on 2012-11-23

External links

External identifiers for Nanula
ITIS 331147
WoRMS 512282


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