Festilyria africana
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| Festilyria africana | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Muricoidea |
| Family: | Volutidae |
| Subfamily: | Volutinae |
| Genus: | Callipara |
| Subgenus: | Festilyria |
| Species: | F. africana |
| Binomial name | |
| Festilyria africana (Reeve, 1856) | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Festilyria africana is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Volutidae, the volutes.[1]
Distribution
This marine species occurs off South Africa.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Festilyria africana (Reeve, 1856). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 16 June 2012.
- Bail, P & Poppe, G. T. 2001. A conchological iconography: a taxonomic introduction of the recent Volutidae. Hackenheim-Conchbook, 30 pp, 5 pl. (updated October 2008 for WoRMS)
- Aiken R.P. (2010) Volutidae. pp. 314–333, in: Marais A.P. & Seccombe A.D. (eds), Identification guide to the seashells of South Africa. Volume 1. Groenkloof: Centre for Molluscan Studies. 376 pp.
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