Cantharidus festivus
| Cantharidus festivus | |
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| Type specimen from Te Papa | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
| Order: | Trochida |
| Superfamily: | Trochoidea |
| Family: | Trochidae |
| Genus: | Cantharidus |
| Species: | C. festivus |
| Binomial name | |
| Cantharidus festivus (B. A. Marshall, 1998) | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Cantharidus festivus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Trochidae, the top snails.[1]
Description
The length of the shell is usually 6.2 mm.
Distribution
This marine species occurs off North Island, New Zealand in the Cape Reinga area, as well as in the reefs near the Three Kings Islands.[3]
References
- 1 2 Rosenberg, G. (2012). Cantharidus festivus (B. A. Marshall, 1998). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=598218 on 2012-11-23
- ↑ Marshall, B.A. 1998: The New Zealand Recent species of Cantharidus Montfort, 1810 and Micrelenchus Finlay, 1926 (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Trochidae). Molluscan Research 19: 107-156 (p.133)
- ↑ "NZ Mollusca - Cantharidus festivus". www.mollusca.co.nz. Retrieved 2024-09-17.
- Spencer, H.G.; Marshall, B.A.; Maxwell, P.A.; Grant-Mackie, J.A.; Stilwell, J.D.; Willan, R.C.; Campbell, H.J.; Crampton, J.S.; Henderson, R.A.; Bradshaw, M.A.; Waterhouse, J.B.; Pojeta, J. Jr (2009). Phylum Mollusca: chitons, clams, tusk shells, snails, squids, and kin, in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. pp. 161–254
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