Zebra top shell

Zebra top shell

Taxobox
name = Zebra top shell


image_caption =
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Mollusca
classis = Gastropoda
ordo = Archaeogastropoda
familia = Trochidae
genus = "Austrocochlea"
species = "A. porcata"
binomial = "Austrocochlea porcata"
binomial_authority =

The zebra top shell, "Austrocochlea porcata", is a medium-sized sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Trochidae, the top snails or top shells.

Distribution

This species is very common in south-eastern Australia, and its complete range extends from Townsville in Queensland around southern shores to Geraldton in Western Australia.

hell description

Zebra top shells have a black-and-white banded pattern overlying a light grey to white shell. The shell of this species is very similar to the southern ribbed top shell, "Austrocochlea constricta", and until recently the two species were considered to be identical. The shell is 34743434940534 mm in width.

References

* Fuller information at [http://www.mesa.edu.au/friends/seashores/a_porcata.html]


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