Scaphander lignarius

Scaphander lignarius
Live animal, head end towards the right
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Heterobranchia
clade Euopisthobranchia
clade Cephalaspidea
Superfamily: ?
Family: Scaphandridae
Genus: Scaphander
Species: S. lignarius
Binomial name
Scaphander lignarius
(Linnaeus, 1767)
Synonyms[1]
  • Assula convoluta Schumacher, 1817
  • Bulla lignaria Linnaeus, 1758 (basionym)

Scaphander lignarius, common name the woody canoe-bubble, is a species of sea snail, a bubble snail, a marine opisthobranch gastropod mollusk in the family Scaphandridae, the canoe-bubbles.[1]

Distribution

This species is found in European waters and in the Mediterranean Sea.

Shells of Scaphander lignarius with preserved soft parts inside

References

  1. 1 2 WoRMS : Scaphander lignarius accessed : 13 October 2010]

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