| Synaptocochlea pulchella | |
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| Drawing with three views of a shell of Synaptocochlea pulchella | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
| Order: | Trochida |
| Superfamily: | Trochoidea |
| Family: | Trochidae |
| Subfamily: | Fossarininae |
| Genus: | Synaptocochlea |
| Species: | S. pulchella |
| Binomial name | |
| Synaptocochlea pulchella | |
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Synaptocochlea pulchella is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Trochidae, the top snails.[2]
Description
The size of the shell attains 2.5 mm. The oval shell is convexly depressed. Its color is white, spotted with red. The back of the shell is convex and all over striated. The spire is rather prominent,. The whorls are rounded. The oval aperture is large. It is pearly and iridescent within.[3]
Distribution
This marine species occurs in the West Pacific.
References
- ↑ A. Adams., Proceedings of the Zoological Society 1850 p. 38
- ↑ Bouchet, P. (2012). Synaptocochlea pulchella (A. Adams, 1850). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=607183 on 2012-11-23
- ↑ G.W. Tryon (1890) Manual of Conchology XII; Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia, 1890
External links
- To GenBank (4 nucleotides; 1 proteins)
- To World Register of Marine Species
- "Synaptocochlea pulchella". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
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