Pseudostomatella orbiculata

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

Pseudostomatella orbiculata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Trochida
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Trochidae
Subfamily: Stomatellinae
Genus: Pseudostomatella
Species:
P. orbiculata
Binomial name
Pseudostomatella orbiculata
(A. Adams, 1850)
Synonyms
  • Stomatella orbiculata A. Adams, 1850

Description

Distribution

This marine species is found in raised beach deposits off the Algoa Bay along the South African east coast.

References
  1. Herbert D.G. (2012) A revision of the Chilodontidae (Gastropoda: Vetigastropoda: Seguenzioidea) of southern Africa and the south-western Indian Ocean. African Invertebrates, 53(2): 381–502


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