Chrysallida africana

Chrysallida africana is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pyramidellidae, the pyrams and their allies. It is one of many species of the large Chrysallida genus of gastropods. The species was named 'Africana' in honor of the continent, Africa, as the species is mostly distributed throughout marine terrain off the coasts of South Africa and the Cape of Good Hope.[2]

Chrysallida africana
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura
clade Panpulmonata
Superfamily:
Pyramidelloidea
Family:
Pyramidellidae
Genus:
Chrysallida
Species:
C. africana
Binomial name
Chrysallida africana
van Aartsen & Corgan, 1996[1]
Synonyms[2]
  • Odostomia formosa W.H. Turton, 1932

References
  1. van Aartsen J.J. & Corgan J.X. (1996) South African pyramidellacean gastropod names. Basteria 60: 153-160. [23 December 1996]. World Register of Marine Species, Retrieved 2011-10-25.
  2. Bouchet, P. (2011). Chrysallida africana van Aartsen & Corgan, 1996. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=580475 on 2011-10-26
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