Microgaza katoi

Microgaza katoi
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Mollusca
Class:Gastropoda
Clade:Vetigastropoda
Superfamily:Trochoidea
Family:Solariellidae
Genus:Microgaza
Species: M. katoi
Binomial name
Microgaza katoi
(Kuroda & Habe in Habe, 1961)
Synonyms
  • Archiminolia katoi (Kuroda & Habe in Habe, 1961)
  • Ethaliopsis katoi Kuroda & Habe, 1961

Microgaza katoi is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Solariellidae.[1]

Description

The size of the shell varies between 5 mm and 15 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Japan, the Philippines and New Caledonia.

References

  1. Bouchet, P. (2013). Microgaza katoi (Kuroda & Habe, 1961). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=732087 on 2013-11-14
  • Museum of New Zealand: Archiminolia katoi
  • Habe, T (1964), Shells of the Western Pacific in Colour, Vol.II, 233pp., 66pls., Hoikusha Publishing Company, Osaka
  • Higo, S., Callomon, P. & Goto, Y. (1999) Catalogue and Bibliography of the Marine Shell-Bearing Mollusca of Japan. Elle Scientific Publications, Yao, Japan, 749 pp.


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