Rocroithys niveus
Appearance
Rocroithys niveus | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Superfamily: | Conoidea |
Family: | Raphitomidae |
Genus: | Rocroithys |
Species: | R. niveus
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Binomial name | |
Rocroithys niveus Sysoev & Bouchet, 2001[1]
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Rocroithys niveus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Raphitomidae.[2]
Description
[edit]The shell reaches a length of 25.5 mm.
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Distribution
[edit]This marine species occurs off Vanuatu, the Norfolk Ridge, New Hebrides.
References
[edit]- ^ Sysoev & Bouchet (2001). Mem. Mus. Nat. Hist. Nat. 185 :271-320. World Register of Marine Species, Retrieved 5 April 2010.
- ^ Rocroithys niveus Sysoev & Bouchet, 2001. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 April 2010.
External links
[edit]- MNHN, Paris: holotype
- Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295.