Sydaphera undulata

Sydaphera undulata
Sydaphera undulata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Cancellarioidea
Family: Cancellariidae
Genus: Sydaphera
Species: S. undulata
Binomial name
Sydaphera undulata
( G.B. Sowerby II, 1849)
Synonyms[1]
  • Cancellaria peruviana Strong, A.M., 1954
  • Cancellaria undulata G.B. Sowerby II, 1849 (basionym)
  • Cancellaria undulata var. truncata G.B. Sowerby II, 1849a
  • Sydaphera renovata Iredale, 1929

Sydaphera undulata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cancellariidae, the nutmeg snails.[1]

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Description

The size of an adult shell varies between 23 mm and 60 mm.

Distribution

This marine species is found between Southern Queensland and West Australia.

References

  1. ^ a b Sydaphera undulata (G.B. Sowerby II, 1849).  Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=464839  on 21 June 2011.