Osilinus sauciatus

Osilinus sauciatus
Osilinus sauciatus
Osilinus sauciatus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Vetigastropoda
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Trochidae
Subfamily: Monodontinae
Genus: Osilinus
Species: O. sauciatus
Binomial name
Osilinus sauciatus
(Koch, 1845)
Synonyms[1]
  • Monodonta colubrina (Gould, 1851)
  • Monodonta (Osilinus) edulis sauciata (Koch, 1845)

Osilinus sauciatus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Trochidae, the top snails.[1]

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Description

The shell size varies between 11 mm and 27 mm

Distribution

This species is found in the Atlantic Ocean along the Canaries.

References

  1. ^ a b Osilinus sauciatus (Koch, 1845).  Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=141828 on 1 May 2010.
  • Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 180-213
  • Donald K.M., Kennedy M. & Spencer H.G. (2005) The phylogeny and taxonomy of austral monodontine topshells (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Trochidae), inferred from DNA sequences. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 37: 474-483

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