''Ethminolia probabilis'' is a
species
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of
sea snail
Sea snail is a common name for slow-moving marine gastropod molluscs, usually with visible external shells, such as whelk or abalone. They share the taxonomic class Gastropoda with slugs, which are distinguished from snails primarily by the ...
, a marine
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
Mollusca is the second-largest phylum of invertebrate animals after the Arthropoda, the members of which are known as molluscs or mollusks (). Around 85,000 extant species of molluscs are recognized. The number of fossil species is e ...
in the
family
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Trochidae
The Trochidae, common name top-snails or top-shells, are a family of various sized sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the subclass Vetigastropoda. This family is commonly known as the top-snails because in many species the shell resembles ...
, the top snails.
Description
The size of the shell attains 8 mm.
Distribution
This marine species occurs off the
Philippines
The Philippines (; fil, Pilipinas, links=no), officially the Republic of the Philippines ( fil, Republika ng Pilipinas, links=no),
* bik, Republika kan Filipinas
* ceb, Republika sa Pilipinas
* cbk, República de Filipinas
* hil, Republ ...
and Australia (
New South Wales
)
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, image_map = New South Wales in Australia.svg
, map_caption = Location of New South Wales in AustraliaCoordinates:
, subdivision_type = Country
, subdivision_name = Australia
, established_title = Before federation
, es ...
)
References
Further reading
* Adams, A. 1853. ''Contributions towards a monograph of the Trochidae, a family of gastropodous Mollusca''. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1851(19): 150–192
* Fischer, P. 1879. ''Genres Calcar, Trochus, Xenophora, Tectarius et Risella''. 337–463, 120 pls in Keiner, L.C. (ed.). Spécies general et iconographie des coquilles vivantes. Paris : J.B. Baillière Vol. 3.
* Iredale, T. 1924. ''Results from Roy Bell's molluscan collections''. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 49(3): 179–279, pl. 33-36
* Iredale, T. 1929. ''Mollusca from the continental shelf of eastern Australia. No. 2''. Records of the Australian Museum 17(4): 157–189, pls 38–41
* Kershaw, R.C. 1955. ''A systematic list of the Mollusca of Tasmania, Australia''. Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania 89: 289–355
* Iredale, T. & McMichael, D.F. 1962. ''A reference list of the marine Mollusca of New South Wales''. Memoirs of the Australian Museum 11: 1–109
* Gabriel, C.J. 1962. ''Additions to the marine molluscan fauna of south eastern Australia including descriptions of new genus Pillarginella, six new marine species and two subspecies.'' Memoirs of the National Museum of Victoria, Melbourne 25: 177–210, 1 pl.
* Wilson, B. 1993. ''Australian Marine Shells. Prosobranch Gastropods''. Kallaroo, Western Australia : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 1 408 pp.
probabilis
Gastropods described in 1924
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