''Canalispira olivellaeformis'' is a
species
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of
sea snail
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, a
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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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Cystiscidae
Cystiscidae is a taxonomic family of minute sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks or micromollusks.
Description
The shell is minute to large, either white, uniformly colored, or patterned; the surface is smooth, sculptured, or axially costate; ...
.
[MolluscaBase (2018). ''Canalispira olivellaeformis'' Jousseaume, 1875. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=550123 on 2019-01-05]
References
* Jousseaume, F., 1875. Coquilles de la famille des marginelles, Monographie. Revue et Magasin de Zoologie Pure et Appliquée 3(3): 164-278; 429-435
* Kilburn, R.N., 1990. The genus Canalispira Jousseaume, 1875 in southern Africa (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Marginellidae). Annals of the Natal Museum 31: 215-221
External links
Coovert G.A. & Coovert H.K. (1995) Revision of the supraspecific classification of marginelliform gastropods. The Nautilus 109(2-3): 43-110McCleery T. & Wakefield A. (2007). A review of the enigmatic genus Canalispira Jousseaume, 1875 (Gastropoda: Cystiscidae) with the description of three new species from the western Atlantic. Novapex. 8(1): 1-10
olivellaeformis
Gastropods described in 1875
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