Spectamen rikae

Spectamen rikae
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
informal group Architaenioglossa
Superfamily: Cyclophoroidea
Family: Cyclophoridae
Genus: Spectamen (?)
Species: S. rikae
Binomial name
Spectamen rikae (?)
Vilvens, 2003[1]

Spectamen rikae is a species of sea snail, a gastropod mollusk that used to belong in the family Solariellidae.[2]

This species, described as a marine species, is actually terrestrial. It has therefore become a Cyclophoridae incertae sedis

Description

This shell grows to a height of 9 mm.

Distribution

This species was found in the Philippines.

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