Osilinus lineatus

Osilinus lineatus
Osilinus lineatus
two Osilinus lineatus in the centre of the photo
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Vetigastropoda
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Trochidae
Subfamily: Monodontinae
Genus: Osilinus
Species: O. lineatus
Binomial name
Osilinus lineatus
(da Costa, 1778)
Synonyms[1]

Monodonta lineata (Da Costa, 1778)
Trochus crassus (Pulteney, 1799)

Osilinus lineatus, common name the Thick top shell, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Trochidae, the top snails.[1]

Contents

Description

Distribution

References

  1. ^ a b Osilinus lineatus (da Costa, 1778).  Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=141827 on 1 May 2010.

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