Gabrielona nepeanensis

Gabrielona nepeanensis is a species of small sea snail with calcareous opercula, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Phasianellidae, the pheasant snails.[1]

Gabrielona nepeanensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Trochida
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Phasianellidae
Genus: Gabrielona
Species:
G. nepeanensis
Binomial name
Gabrielona nepeanensis
(Gatliff & Gabriel, 1908)
Synonyms[1]
  • Phasianella nepeanensis Gatliff & Gabriel, 1908

Description

The size of the shell varies between 0.8 mm and 2 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Victoria, South Australia and Tasmania

References

  1. Rosenberg, G. (2012). Gabrielona nepeanensis (Gatliff & Gabriel, 1908). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=594540 on 2013-02-10
  • Iredale, T. & McMichael, D.F. (1962). A reference list of the marine Mollusca of New South Wales. Memoirs of the Australian Museum. 11
  • Robertson, R. (1973). The genus Gabrielona (Phasianellidae) in the Indo-Pacific and West Indies . Indo-Pacific Mollusca. 3 (14)
  • Wilson, B. (1993). Australian Marine Shells. Prosobranch Gastropods. Kallaroo, WA : Odyssey Publishing. Vol.1 1st Edn
  • To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications)
  • To ITIS
  • To World Register of Marine Species
  • "Gabrielona nepeanensis". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.


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