Infundibulops erythraeus

Infundibulops erythraeus
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)
Synonyms[1]
  • Trochus erithreus Brocchi, 1821
  • Trochus erythraeus Brocchi 1821
  • Trochus erythreus Brocchi, 1821
  • Infundibulum erythraeum (Brocchi, 1821)

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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Description

The shell size varies between 20 mm and 50 mm

Distribution

This species is distributed in the Red Sea, in the Indian Ocean (along the Aldabra atoll) and in the Mediterranean Sea (along Greece)

References

  1. ^ a b Infundibulops erythraeus (Brocchi, 1821).  Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=512959  on 1 december 2010.

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