Leptothyra kermadecensis

Leptothyra kermadecensis is a species of small sea snail with calcareous opercula, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Colloniidae.[1][2]

Leptothyra kermadecensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Superfamily: Phasianelloidea
Family: Colloniidae
Subfamily: Colloniinae
Genus: Leptothyra
Species:
L. kermadecensis
Binomial name
Leptothyra kermadecensis
Marshall, 1979
Synonyms

Leptothyra picta Marshall, B.A, 1979

Distribution

This marine species is endemic off the Kermadec Ridge, New Zealand.

References

  1. Rosenberg, G. (2012). Leptothyra kermadecensis Marshall, 1979. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=592815 on 2013-02-10
  2. Marshall B. A. (1979). The Trochidae and Turbinidae of the Kermadec Ridge (Mollusca: Gastropoda). New Zealand Journal of Zoology 6: 521-552


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