Notovoluta kreuslerae

Notovoluta kreuslerae
Notovoluta kreuslerae
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]

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]

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Description

The size of an adult shell varies between 60 mm and 100 mm.

Distribution

This species is distributed along South Australia.

References

  1. ^ a b Notovoluta kreuslerae (Angas, 1865).  Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=385321 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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