Canarium wilsonorum

Canarium wilsonorum
Apertural view of Canarium wilsonorum
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Littorinimorpha
Superfamily: Stromboidea
Family: Strombidae
Genus: Canarium
Species: C. wilsonorum
Binomial name
Canarium wilsonorum
(Abbott, 1967)
Synonyms[1]
  • Strombus wilsoni Abbott, 1967 (incorrectly formed specific epithet)

Canarium wilsonorum is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Strombidae, the true conchs.[1]

Distribution

This species occurs in the Indian Ocean off Mozambique, Tanzania and the Mascarene Basin.

References

  1. 1 2 Canarium wilsonorum Abbott, 1967. Bouchet, P. (2010). Canarium wilsonorum (Abbott, 1967). Accessed through the World Register of Marine Species at http://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=532189 on 25 February 2011.
  • Kilburn, R.N. (1977) Taxonomic studies on the marine Mollusca of southern Africa and Mozambique. Part 1. Annals of the Natal Museum, 23, 173–214.
  • Walls, J.G. (1980). Conchs, tibias and harps. A survey of the molluscan families Strombidae and Harpidae. T.F.H. Publications Ltd, Hong Kong.
  • Steyn, D.G. & Lussi, M. (1998) Marine Shells of South Africa. An Illustrated Collector’s Guide to Beached Shells. Ekogilde Publishers, Hartebeespoort, South Africa, ii + 264 pp. page(s): 44 [


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