Specula retifera

Specula retifera is a species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Cerithiopsidae.[1]

Specula retifera
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S. retifera
Binomial name
Specula retifera
(Suter, 1908)
Synonyms
  • Bittium retiferum Suter, 1908
  • Cerithiopsis canaliculata Suter, 1908
  • Specula canaliculata (Suter, 1908)

Distribution

This marine species occurs off New Zealand.

References

  1. Rosenberg, G. (2011). Specula retifera (Suter, 1908). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=592001 on 2012-06-16
  • Spencer, H.G., Marshall, B.A. & Willan, R.C. (2009). Checklist of New Zealand living Mollusca. Pp 196-219. in: Gordon, D.P. (ed.) New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume one. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch
  • Maxwell, P.A. (2009). Cenozoic Mollusca. Pp 232-254 in Gordon, D.P. (ed.) New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume one. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch.

Further reading

  • Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1


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