Priotrochus aniesae

Priotrochus aniesae is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Trochidae, the top-snails.[1][2]

Priotrochus aniesae
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Trochida
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Trochidae
Subfamily: Cantharidinae
Genus: Priotrochus
Species:
P. aniesae
Binomial name
Priotrochus aniesae
Moolenbeek & Dekker, 1992

Distribution

This marine species occurs in the mud flats on the east coast of Masirah Island, off Oman. [3]

References

  1. Rosenberg, G. (2012). Priotrochus aniesae Moolenbeek & Dekker, 1992. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=594539 on 2012-11-23
  2. Bosch D.T., Dance S.P., Moolenbeek R.G. & Oliver P.G. (1995) Seashells of eastern Arabia. Dubai: Motivate Publishing. 296 pp.
  3. Dekker, Henk & Moolenbeek, Robert. (1993). A new species of Priotrochus (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Trochidae) from Oman. Bulletin Zoölogisch Museum. 13. 171-174.


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