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Maurea pellucida

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Species of gastropod

Maurea pellucida
Shell of Maurea pellucida (lectotype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Trochida
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Calliostomatidae
Genus: Maurea
Species: M. pellucida
Binomial name
Maurea pellucida
(Valenciennes, 1846)
Synonyms
  • Calliostoma (Calliotropis) pellucidum (Valenciennes, 1846)
  • Calliostoma (Calliotropis) pellucidum spiratum W. R. B. Oliver, 1926
  • Calliostoma (Maurea) pellucidum (Valenciennes, 1846)
  • Calliostoma pellucidum (Valenciennes, 1846)
  • Calliostoma undulatum Finlay, 1923
  • Trochus pellucidus Valenciennes, 1846
  • Trochus torquatus Anton in Philippi, 1848
  • Venustas pellucida (Valenciennes, 1846)

Maurea pellucida 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.

Description

The length of the shell attains 27 mm

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Distribution

This marine species occurs off New Caledonia and New Zealand.

References

  1. ^ MolluscaBase (2018). Maurea pellucida (Valenciennes, 1846). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=757965 on 2018-12-28
  • Finlay, H.J. (1923). Some remarks on New Zealand Calliostomidae, with descriptions of new Tertiary species. Transactions of the New Zealand Institute. 54: 99-105.

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Taxon identifiers
Maurea pellucida


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