Nanula flindersi

Nanula flindersi
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Vetigastropoda
Superfamily: Trochoidea (superfamily)
Family: Trochidae
Genus: Nanula
Species: N. flindersi
Binomial name
Nanula flindersi
Cotton & Godfrey, 1935

Nanula flindersi, common name Flinders top shell, is a species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Trochidae, the top snails[1]

Description

The height of the shell attains 4 mm.

Distribution

This marine species is endemic to Australia and occurs in the shallow subtidal zone and the continental shelf off South Australia, Victoria and Western Australia.

References

  1. Marshall, B. (2013). Nanula flindersi Cotton & Godfrey, 1935. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=719231 on 2014-02-10

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