Gourmya gourmyi
Gourmya gourmyi | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
(unranked): | clade Caenogastropoda clade Sorbeoconcha |
Superfamily: | Cerithioidea |
Family: | Cerithiidae |
Genus: | Gourmya |
Species: | G. gourmyi |
Binomial name | |
Gourmya gourmyi (Crosse, 1861) | |
Synonyms | |
Cerithium gourmyi Crosse, 1861 |
Gourmya gourmyi, common name the Gourmya Cerith, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cerithiidae.[1]
Description
The shell size varies between 30 mm and 75 mm.
Distribution
This species is distributed in the Pacific Ocean along New Caledonia and the New Hebrides.
References
- ↑ Gourmya gourmyi (Crosse, 1861). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 8 February 2011.
External links
- Houbrick R. S. (1981). "Anatomy and systematics of Gourmya gourmyi (Prosobranchia: Cerithiidae), a Tethyan relict from the southwest Pacific". The Nautilus 95(1): 2-11.
- Gastropods.com : Gourmya gourmyi ; accessed : 8 February 2011