Fautor boucheti

Fautor boucheti is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk, in the family Calliostomatidae within the superfamily Trochoidea, the top snails, turban snails and their allies.[1]

Fautor boucheti
Shell of Fautor boucheti (holotype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Trochida
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Calliostomatidae
Genus: Fautor
Species:
F. boucheti
Binomial name
Fautor boucheti
(B. A. Marshall, 1995)
Synonyms[1]
  • Calliostoma (Fautor) boucheti B. A. Marshall, 1995
  • Calliostoma boucheti B. A. Marshall, 1995

Description

The length of the shell attains 13 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off New Caledonia.

References

  1. MolluscaBase (2018). Fautor boucheti (B. A. Marshall, 1995). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=880997 on 2018-12-28
  • Marshall, B.A., 1995. - Calliostomatidae (Gastropoda: Trochoidea) from New Caledonia, the Loyalty Islands, and the northern Lord Howe Rise. Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle 167: 381-458


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