Trochus ferreirai

Trochus ferreirai is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Trochidae, the top snails.[1]

Trochus ferreirai
Trochus ferreirai
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Trochida
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Trochidae
Genus: Trochus
Species:
T. ferreirai
Binomial name
Trochus ferreirai
Bozzetti, 1996
Synonyms[1]
  • Clanculus nodulosus A. Adams, 1855

Description

The size of the shell varies between 20 mm and 26 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off the Philippines.

References

  1. Rosenberg, G. (2012). Trochus ferreirai Bozzetti, 1996. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=594203 on 2012-11-23
  • To World Register of Marine Species
  • "Trochus ferreirai". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.


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