Contraxiala obliqua

Contraxiala obliqua is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pyramidellidae, the pyrams and their allies. The species is the only known species to exist within the genus, Contraxiala.[2]

Contraxiala obliqua
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C. obliqua
Binomial name
Contraxiala obliqua
Laseron, 1956 [1]

Distribution

This species occurs in the Great Barrier Reef, off the northeast coast of Queensland, Australia, Australia.

References

  1. Laseron, C., 1956. The Families Rissoinidae and Rissoidae (Mollusca) from the Solanderian and Dampierian zoogeographical provinces. Australian Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 7(3): p.421, fig. 88
  2. Rosenberg, G. (2011). Contraxiala obliqua Laseron, 1956. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=592479 on 2012-01-12


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