''Archierato galapagensis'' is a
species
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of small
sea snail
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, a
marine
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gastropod
The gastropods (), commonly known as snails and slugs, belong to a large taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda ().
This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, from freshwater, and from land. T ...
mollusk
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in the
family
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Eratoidae
Eratoidae is a family of predatory sea snails, marine gastropods included in the superfamily Cypraeoidea .MolluscaBase (2018). Eratoidae Gill, 1871. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=t ...
, the false cowries or trivias and allies.
[MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Archierato galapagensis (Schilder, 1933). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1458762 on 2022-07-12]
Distribution
This marine species occurs off the
Galapagos Islands.
References
* Schilder F.A. (1933). Monograph of the subfamily Eratoinae. Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London. 20: 244-283.
External links
Fehse D. & Simone L.R.L. (2020). Contributions to the knowledge of the Eratoidae. X. Revision of the genus Archierato Schilder, 1933 (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Zootaxa. 4851(1): 81-110.
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Eratoidae
Gastropods described in 1933