Bankivia fasciata

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Bankivia fasciata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Vetigastropoda
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Trochidae
Genus: Bankivia
Species: B. fasciata
Binomial name
Bankivia fasciata
(Menke, 1830)
Synonyms[1]
  • Bankivia lugubris Gould, 1861
  • Bankivia major A. Adams, 1853
  • Bankivia nitida A. Adams, 1853
  • Bankivia purpurascens A. Adams, 1853
  • Bankivia varians Krauss, 1848
  • Phasianella fasciata Menke, 1830
  • Phasianella fulminata Menke, 1830
  • Phasianella undatella Menke, 1830

Bankivia fasciata, common name the banded kelp shell, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Trochidae, the top snails.[1][2]

Description

The length of the shell varies between 15 mm and 25 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs in the Gulf of Aqaba,off Mozambique and off New South Wales to South Australia; off Tasmania

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Bouchet, P. (2012). Bankivia fasciata (Menke, 1830). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=564813 on 2012-11-23
  2. Beu A.G. (2004) Marine Mollusca of oxygen isotope stages of the last 2 million years in New Zealand. Part 1: Revised generic positions and recognition of warm-water and cool-water migrants. Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand 34(2): 111-265.
  • Pritchard, G.B. & Gatliff, J.H., 1902. Catalogue of the Marine Shells of Victoria. Part V. Proc. R. Soc. Vict.n.s., 14(2):85-138
  • Shirley, J., 1911. Additions to the Marine Mollusca of Queensland. Proc. R. Soc. Qld, XXIII(1):96-96
  • Cotton, B.C. (1959). South Australian Mollusca. Archaeogastropoda. Adelaide : Govt. Printer.
  • Iredale, T. & McMichael, D.F., 1962 [31/Dec/1962]. A reference list of the marine Mollusca of New South Wales. Mem. Aust. Mus., 11:0-0
  • Macpherson, J.H. & Gabriel, C.J., 1962. Marine Mollusca of Victoria. Melbourne Univ. Press, Melbourne. 475
  • Barash, A., Danin, Z. & Yaron, I. (1980). Bankivia fasciata (Menke, 1830) in the Gulf of Aquaba . Bolletino Malacologico. 16 (1-2)
  • Wilson, B., 1993. Australian Marine Shells. Prosobranch Gastropods. Odyssey Publishing, Kallaroo, WA

External links

External identifiers for Bankivia fasciata
Encyclopedia of Life 4796550
WoRMS 564813


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