| Venustatrochus malaita | |
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| Samples of Venustatrochus malaita (holotype at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
| Order: | Trochida |
| Superfamily: | Trochoidea |
| Family: | Calliostomatidae |
| Genus: | Venustatrochus |
| Species: | V. malaita |
| Binomial name | |
| Venustatrochus malaita (Vilvens, 2009) | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Venustatrochus malaita is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk, in the family Calliostomatidae within the superfamily Trochoidea, the top snails, turban snails and their allies.[1][2]
Distribution
This marine species occurs off the Solomon Islands.
References
- 1 2 MolluscaBase (2018). Venustatrochus malaita (Vilvens, 2009). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=880964 on 2018-12-28
- ↑ Marshall, B. A. (2016). New species of Venustatrochus Powell, 1951 from New Zealand, and new species of Falsimargarita Powell, 1951 and a new genus of the Calliostomatidae from the southwest Pacific, with comments on some other calliostomatid genera (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Molluscan Research. 36: 119-141.
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