Canarium wilsonorum
Canarium wilsonorum | |
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Apertural view of Canarium wilsonorum | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
(unranked): | clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Littorinimorpha |
Superfamily: | Stromboidea |
Family: | Strombidae |
Genus: | Canarium |
Species: | C. wilsonorum |
Binomial name | |
Canarium wilsonorum (Abbott, 1967) | |
Synonyms[1] | |
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Canarium wilsonorum is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Strombidae, the true conchs.[1]
Distribution
This species occurs in the Indian Ocean off Mozambique, Tanzania and the Mascarene Basin.
References
- 1 2 Canarium wilsonorum Abbott, 1967. Bouchet, P. (2010). Canarium wilsonorum (Abbott, 1967). Accessed through the World Register of Marine Species at http://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=532189 on 25 February 2011.
- Kilburn, R.N. (1977) Taxonomic studies on the marine Mollusca of southern Africa and Mozambique. Part 1. Annals of the Natal Museum, 23, 173–214.
- Walls, J.G. (1980). Conchs, tibias and harps. A survey of the molluscan families Strombidae and Harpidae. T.F.H. Publications Ltd, Hong Kong.
- Steyn, D.G. & Lussi, M. (1998) Marine Shells of South Africa. An Illustrated Collector’s Guide to Beached Shells. Ekogilde Publishers, Hartebeespoort, South Africa, ii + 264 pp. page(s): 44 [
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