Maurea pellucida

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Calliostoma (Calliotropis) pellucidum (Valenciennes, 1846)
Calliostoma (Calliotropis) pellucidum spiratum W. R. B. Oliver, 1926
Calliostoma (Maurea) pellucidum (Valenciennes, 1846)
Calliostoma pellucidum (Valenciennes, 1846)
Calliostoma undulatum Finlay, 1923
Trochus pellucidus Valenciennes, 1846
Trochus torquatus Anton in Philippi, 1848
Venustas pellucida (Valenciennes, 1846)

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Maurea pellucida is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk, in the family Calliostomatidae within the superfamily Trochoidea, the top snails, turban snails and their allies.MolluscaBase (2018). Maurea pellucida (Valenciennes, 1846). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=757965 on 2018-12-28

Description

The length of the shell attains 27 mm

Distribution

This marine species occurs off New Caledonia and New Zealand.

References

Finlay, H.J. (1923). Some remarks on New Zealand Calliostomidae, with descriptions of new Tertiary species. Transactions of the New Zealand Institute. 54: 99-105.

External links

[https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54753345 Valenciennes A. (1846). Atlas de Zoologie. Mollusques. In: A. du Petit-Thouars, Voyage autour du monde sur la frégate la Venus pendant les années 1836–1839. 4 vols]
[https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/106978 Philippi, R. A. (1846-1855). Die Kreiselschnecken oder Trochoideen (Gattungen Turbo, Trochus, Solarium, Rotella, Delphinula, Phasianella). In Abbildungen nach der Natur mit Beschreibungen. In: Küster, H. C.; Ed. Systematisches Conchylien Cabinet von Martini und Chemnitz. Zweiten Bandes, dritte Abtheilung. 2(3)]

Category:Calliostomatidae

Category:Gastropods described in 1846