Cantharidus festivus

Cantharidus festivus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Trochidae, the top snails.[1]

Cantharidus festivus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
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]
  • Micrelenchus festivus Marshall, 1998 [2]

Description

The shell grows to a length of 6.2 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off North Island, New Zealand.

References

  1. 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
  2. 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)
  • 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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