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Pagodatrochus variabilis

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Species of gastropod

Pagodatrochus variabilis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Trochida
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Trochidae
Subfamily: Cantharidinae
Genus: Pagodatrochus
Species: P. variabilis
Binomial name
Pagodatrochus variabilis
(H. Adams, 1873)
Synonyms
  • Minolia eutyches Melvill, 1918
  • Minolia (Conotrochus) eutyches Melvill, 1918
  • Minolia variabilis H. Adams, 1873
  • Trochus (Gibbula) mariei Fischer, 1886
  • Trochus mariei Fischer, 1886

Pagodatrochus variabilis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Trochidae.

Description

The size of the shell varies between 3 mm and 7 mm.

This section needs expansion. You can help by adding to it. (May 2013)

Distribution

This species occurs in the Red Sea and in the western Indian Ocean.

References

  1. Adams, P. Z. S. 1873, p. 207, t. 23, f 10.
  2. ^ Bouchet, P. (2012). Pagodatrochus variabilis (H. Adams, 1873). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=567700 on 2013-04-14
  3. Herbert D.G. (1989). Pagodatrochus, a new genus for Minolia variabilis H. Adams, 1873 (Gastropoda: Trochidae). Journal of Molluscan Studies, 55:365-372.
  4. Bosch D.T., Dance S.P., Moolenbeek R.G. & Oliver P.G. (1995) Seashells of eastern Arabia. Dubai: Motivate Publishing. 296 pp.

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Taxon identifiers
Minolia eutyches


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