Berthelinia schlumbergeri

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Berthelinia schlumbergeri
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Heterobranchia

Informal group Opisthobranchia
clade Sacoglossa
clade Oxynoacea

Superfamily: Oxynooidea
Family: Juliidae
Genus: Berthelinia
Species: B. schlumbergeri
Binomial name
Berthelinia schlumbergeri
Dautzenberg, 1895

Berthelinia schlumbergeri is a species of a sea snail with a shell comprising two separate hinged pieces or valves. It is a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Juliidae. [1]

Distribution

This subtropical species occurs in the western Indian Ocean, particularly South Africa.[2] The type locality for this species is Madagascar.[3]

Ecology

References

  1. Bouchet, P. (2012). Berthelinia schlumbergeri Dautzenberg, 1895. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=492595 on 2012-03-09
  2. http://www.sealifebase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=89450
  3. Jensen K. R. (November 2007). "Biogeography of the Sacoglossa (Mollusca, Opisthobranchia)". Bonner zoologische Beiträge 55(2006)(3-4): 255–281.


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