Alcyna kingensis
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Alcyna kingensis | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
Order: | Trochida |
Superfamily: | Trochoidea |
Family: | Trochidae |
Genus: | Alcyna |
Species: | A. kingensis
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Binomial name | |
Alcyna kingensis (Gabriel, 1956)
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Synonyms | |
Cantharidus kingensis Gabriel, C.J. 1956 |
Alcyna kingensis, common name the King Island kelp shell, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Trochidae, the top snails.[1]
Description
The size of the shell attains 3.5 mm.
![]() | This section needs expansion. You can help by adding to it. (January 2014) |
Distribution
This marine species is endemic to Australia and occurs off Tasmania.
References
- ^ Marshall, B. (2013). Alcyna kingensis (Gabriel, 1956). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=720350 on 2014-01-07
- Gabriel, C.J. 1956. Mollusca from southeast of King Island, Bass Strait. Memoirs of the National Museum, Melbourne 22(4): 1-15
- Wilson, B. 1993. Australian Marine Shells. Prosobranch Gastropods. Kallaroo, Western Australia : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 1 408 pp.
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