Astyris verrilli
| Astyris verrilli | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Family: | Columbellidae |
| Genus: | Astyris |
| Species: | A. verrilli |
| Binomial name | |
| Astyris verrilli (Dall, 1881) | |
Astyris verrilli is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Columbellidae, the dove snails.[1] It was discovered on a dredging expedition on the USC&GS George S. Blake, sometime between 1877 and 1878.[2] It was named after Professor Addison Emery Verrill by William Healey Dall.[3]
References
- ↑ Astyris verrilli (Dall, 1881). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 17 April 2010.
- ↑ Harvard University (1863). Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College. Vol. 9. The Museum. pp. 91–92.
- ↑ Dall, William Healey (1881). "Reports on the results of dredging, under the supervision of Alexander Agassiz, in the Gulf of Mexico, and in the Caribbean Sea, 1877-79, by the United States Coast Survey steamer "Blake," Lieutenant-Commander C. D. Sigsbee, U. S. N., and Commander J. R. Bartlett, U. S. N., Commanding. XV. Preliminary report on the Mollusca". Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College. 9 (2). The Museum: 33--144.