Infundibulops erythraeus | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
(unranked): | clade Vetigastropoda |
Superfamily: | Trochoidea |
Family: | Trochidae |
Genus: | Infundibulops |
Species: | I. erythraeus |
Binomial name | |
Infundibulops erythraeus (Brocchi, 1821) |
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Synonyms[1] | |
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Infundibulops erythraeus, common name : the Red Sea top shell, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Trochidae, the top snails.[1]
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The shell size varies between 20 mm and 50 mm
This species is distributed in the Red Sea, in the Indian Ocean (along the Aldabra atoll) and in the Mediterranean Sea (along Greece)