''Fucaria striata'' is a
species 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
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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 in the
family Skeneidae
The Skeneidae are a speciose family of minute to small marine gastropod molluscs in the superfamily Trochoidea.Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S. (2013). Skeneidae. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php ...
.
[Bouchet, P. (2012). ''Fucaria striata'' Warén & Bouchet, 1993. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=536896 on 2012-09-01]
Distribution
This marine species occurs off hydrothermal vents of the
Juan de Fuca Ridge.
[Crispin T. S. Little, Taniel Danelian, Richard J. Herrington, Rachel M. Haymon, ''Early Jurassic Hydrothermal Vent Community from the Franciscan Complex, California''; Journal of Paleontology, Vol. 78, No. 3 (May, 2004), pp. 542-559]
References
External links
To Encyclopedia of LifeTo USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca CollectionTo World Register of Marine Species
striata
Gastropods described in 1993
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