Fautor houbricki

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

Description

The length of the shell attains 12.8 mm

Distribution

This marine species occurs off New Caledonia.

References

  1. MolluscaBase (2018). Fautor houbricki (B. A. Marshall, 1995). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=881001 on 2018-12-28
  • Marshall, B. A. (1995). Calliostomatidae (Gastropoda: Trochoidea) from New Caledonia, the Loyalty Islands, and the northern Lord Howe Rise. in: Bouchet, P. (Ed.) Résultats des Campagnes MUSORSTOM 14. Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle. Série A, Zoologie. 167: 381-458


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