Cantharus septemcostatus

Cantharus septemcostatus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pisaniidae, the true whelks.[2]

Cantharus septemcostatus
Shell of Cantharus septemcostatus (holotype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:
Buccinoidea
Family:
Pisaniidae
Genus:
Cantharus
Species:
C. septemcostatus
Binomial name
Cantharus septemcostatus
Vermeij & Bouchet, 1998[1]

Description

Distribution

This marine species occurs off New Caledonia .

References
  1. Vermeij & Bouchet (1998). Zoosystema 20 (3) : 471–485. World Register of Marine Species, Retrieved 17 April 2010.
  2. Cantharus septemcostatus Vermeij & Bouchet, 1998. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 17 April 2010.
  • Vermeij G.J. & Bouchet P. 1998. New Pisaniinae (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Buccinidae) from New Caledonia, with remarks on Cantharus and related genera. Zoosystema 20(3): 471-485


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