Austropusilla simoniana

Austropusilla simoniana is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Raphitomidae.[1]

Austropusilla simoniana
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Raphitomidae
Genus: Austropusilla
Species:
A. simoniana
Binomial name
Austropusilla simoniana
Kilburn, 1974

Description

The length of the shell attains 5 mm.

Distribution

This marine species is endemic to South Africa and occurs off the Cape Province.

References

  1. MolluscaBase (2019). Austropusilla simoniana Kilburn, 1974. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=433091 on 2019-02-14
  • Kilburn R.N. (1974). Taxonomic notes on South African marine Mollusca (3): Gastropoda: Prosobranchia, with descriptions of new taxa of Naticidae, Fasciolariidae, Magilidae, Volutomitridae and Turridae. Annals of the Natal Museum. 22: 187-220
  • Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295.
  • Gastropods.com: Austropusilla simoniana


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