Rubritrochus declivis

Rubritrochus declivis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Vetigastropoda
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Trochidae
Subfamily: Trochinae
Genus: Rubritrochus
Species: R. declivis
Binomial name
Rubritrochus declivis
(Forskål, 1775)
Synonyms[1]
  • Gibbula declivis (Forskål, 1775)
  • Monodonta aegyptiaca Lamarck, 1822
  • Trochus aegyptius Gmelin, 1791
  • Turbo declivis Forskål, 1775

Rubritrochus declivis, common name : the Sloping Gibbula, 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 grows to a length of 24 mm.

Distribution

This species is distributed in the Red Sea.

References

  1. ^ a b Rubritrochus declivis (Forskål, 1775).  Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=567201  on 29 August 2011.

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