Kyllinia marchadi

Kyllinia marchadi is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mangeliidae.[1]

Kyllinia marchadi
PRESERVED_SPECIMEN; Philbertia marchadi Knudsen, 1956; Type status: HOLOTYPE; Identified by: N/A; Individual count: 1
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Mangeliidae
Genus: Kyllinia
Species:
K. marchadi
Binomial name
Kyllinia marchadi
(Knudsen, 1956)
Synonyms[1]
  • Diaugasma marchadi (Knudsen, 1956)
  • Philbertia marchadi Knudsen, 1956 (original combination)

Description

The length of the shell attains 4.2 mm.[2]

Distribution

This marine species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off Senegal, Guinea and Angola.[2]

References

  • Knudsen, J. 1956. Remarks on a collection of marine Prosobranchs from Senegal Bulletin de l’Institut Franc¸ais d’Afrique Noire. XVIII, s. A, 2:514–529.
  • Tucker, J.K. 2004 Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Zootaxa 682:1–1295.
  • "Kyllinia marchadi". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
  • MNHN, Paris: holotype
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