Crassicantharus noumeensis
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| Crassicantharus noumeensis shell | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Buccinoidea |
| Family: | Fasciolariidae |
| Genus: | Crassicantharus |
| Species: | C. noumeensis |
| Binomial name | |
| Crassicantharus noumeensis (Crosse, 1870) | |
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Crassicantharus noumeensis, common name the gold-banded latirus, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Fasciolariidae, the spindle snails, the tulip snails and their allies.[1]
Description
The size of the shell varies between 8 mm and 25 mm.
Distribution
This marine species occurs in the Eastern Indian Ocean; off Hawaii, Japan, Mauritius, New Caledonia, Oceania, Philippines and Australia (Western Australia)
References
- 1 2 Crassicantharus noumeensis (Crosse, 1870). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 18 April 2010.
- Crosse, H. 1870. Diagnoses Molluscorum Novae Caledoniae incolarum. Journal de Conchyliologie 18: 138-248
- Kay, E.A. 1979. Hawaiian Marine Shells. Reef and shore fauna of Hawaii. Section 4 : Mollusca. Honolulu, Hawaii : Bishop Museum Press Bernice P. Bishop Museum Special Publication Vol. 64(4) 653 pp.
- Wilson, B. (1994) Australian marine shells. Prosobranch gastropods. Vol. 2 Neogastropods. Odyssey Publishing, Kallaroo, Western Australia, 370 pp. page(s): 67
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