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Venustatrochus malaita
Samples of Venustatrochus malaita (holotype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Vetigastropoda
Order:	Trochida
Superfamily:	Trochoidea
Family:	Calliostomatidae
Genus:	Venustatrochus
Species:	V. malaita
Binomial name
Venustatrochus malaita (Vilvens, 2009)
Synonyms
Benthastelena malaita C. Vilvens, 2009 Calliostoma malaita Vilvens, 2009

Venustatrochus malaita is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk, in the family Calliostomatidae within the superfamily Trochoidea, the top snails, turban snails and their allies.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off the Solomon Islands.

References

1. ^ MolluscaBase (2018). Venustatrochus malaita (Vilvens, 2009). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=880964 on 2018-12-28
2. Marshall, B. A. (2016). New species of Venustatrochus Powell, 1951 from New Zealand, and new species of Falsimargarita Powell, 1951 and a new genus of the Calliostomatidae from the southwest Pacific, with comments on some other calliostomatid genera (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Molluscan Research. 36: 119-141.

External links

• Vilvens, C. (2009). New species and new records of Calliostomatidae Gastropoda: Trochoidea) from New Caledonia and Solomon Islands. Novapex. 10 (4): 125-163.

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