Fautor vaubani

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

Description

The length of the shell attains 7.6 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off New Caledonia.

References

  1. MolluscaBase (2018). Fautor vaubani (B. A. Marshall, 1995). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=881010 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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