''Trichosirius inornatus'' is a
species of medium-sized
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 ...
mollusc
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in the
family Capulidae
The Capulidae, the cap snails or cap shells, are a taxonomic family of limpet-like sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the clade Littorinimorpha.Gofas, S. (2012). Capulidae. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.ma ...
, the cap snails.
[MolluscaBase (2019). MolluscaBase. Trichosirius inornatus (Hutton, 1873). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=598666 on 2020-01-05]
References
* Hutton, F. W. (1873). ''Catalogue of the marine Mollusca of New Zealand with diagnoses of the species.'' Didsbury, Wellington. xx + 116 pp
* Sowerby, G. B. II. (1874). ''Monograph of the genus Trichotropis.'' Conchologia iconica or, illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals. 19. Reeve, London.
* Finlay, H. J. (1928). ''The Recent Mollusca of the Chatham Islands''. Transactions of the New Zealand Institute. 59: 232-286.
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Powell A. W. B., William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland 1979
* Spencer, H.G., Marshall, B.A. & Willan, R.C. (2009). Checklist of New Zealand living Mollusca. pp 196–219. in: Gordon, D.P. (ed.) New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume one. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch
Capulidae
Gastropods of New Zealand
Gastropods described in 1873
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