Clypeostoma elongatum | |
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Shell of Clypeostoma elongatum (holotype at MNHN, Paris) | |
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(unranked): | clade Vetigastropoda |
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Species: | C. elongatum |
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Clypeostoma elongatum (Vilvens, 2001)[1] | |
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Agathodonta elongata Vilvens, 2001 |
Clypeostoma elongatum is a species of sea snails, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Chilodontidae (formerly in the family Trochidae, the top snails).[2]
Description
The size of the shell varies between 7 mm and 24 mm.
Distribution
This marine species occurs off the Philippines and Indonesia.
References
- ↑ Vilvens (2001). Novapex 2 (2) : 57–60. World Register of Marine Species, Retrieved 1 May 2010.
- ↑ Clypeostoma elongatum Vilvens, 2001. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 March 2013.
- Vilvens C. (2001). Description of a new species of Agathodonta (Gastropoda: Trochidae: Eucyclinae: Chilodontini) from Indonesia and the Philippine Islands. Novapex 2(2): 57-60
- Herbert D.G. (2012) A revision of the Chilodontidae (Gastropoda: Vetigastropoda: Seguenzioidea) of southern Africa and the south-western Indian Ocean. African Invertebrates, 53(2): 381–502
External links
- "Clypeostoma elongata". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 15 January 2019.
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