Notovoluta kreuslerae
| Notovoluta kreuslerae | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Muricoidea |
| Family: | Volutidae |
| Subfamily: | Amoriinae |
| Genus: | Notovoluta |
| Species: | N. kreuslerae |
| Binomial name | |
| Notovoluta kreuslerae (Angas, 1865) | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Voluta kreuslerae Angas, 1865 (basionym) | |
Notovoluta kreuslerae, common name : Kreusler's Volute, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Volutidae, the volutes.[1]
Description
The size of an adult shell varies between 60 mm and 100 mm.
Distribution
This species is distributed along South Australia.
References
- 1 2 Notovoluta kreuslerae (Angas, 1865). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 3 April 2011.
- Bail, P & Poppe, G. T. 2001. A conchological iconography: a taxonomic introduction of the recent Volutidae. Hackenheim-Conchbook, 30 pp, 5 pl
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