''Macrarene cookeana'', common name Miss Cooke's liotia, is a
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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
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Liotiidae
Liotiidae is a family of small sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the clade Vetigastropoda (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005).Gofas, S. (2013). Liotiidae Gray, 1850. Accessed through: World Register of ...
.
[Rosenberg, G. (2012). ''Macrarene cookeana'' (Dall, 1918). Accessed through: ]World Register of Marine Species
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Content
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at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=528080 on 2012-12-03[Turgeon, D.D., et al. 1998. Common and scientific names of aquatic invertebrates of the United States and Canada. American Fisheries Society Special Publication 26]
Description
The length of the shell varies between 18 mm and 30 mm.
Distribution
This species occurs in the Pacific Ocean off Baja California, Mexico.
References
;Notes
;Sources
* Abbott R. T. (1974). American Seashells. ''The marine mollusca of the Atlantic and Pacific coast of North America''. II edit. Van Nostrand, New York 663 p. + 24 pl:
page(s): 53
External links
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication)To Encyclopedia of LifeTo USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca CollectionTo ITISTo World Register of Marine Species*
Liotiidae
Gastropods described in 1918
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