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Crassicantharus noumeensis

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Crassicantharus noumeensis
Crassicantharus noumeensis shell
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Dolicholatiridae
Genus: Crassicantharus
Species:
C. noumeensis
Binomial name
Crassicantharus noumeensis
(Crosse, 1870)
Synonyms[1]
  • Latirus aureocinctus G. B. Sowerby III, 1875
  • Peristernia aureocincta (G. B. Sowerby III, 1875)
  • Teralatirus noumeensis Crosse, 1870
  • Turbinella noumeensis Crosse, 1870 (original combination)

Crassicantharus noumeensis, common name the gold-banded latirus, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Dolicholatiridae.[1]

Description

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The size of the shell varies between 8 mm and 25 mm.

Distribution

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This marine species occurs in the Eastern Indian Ocean; off Hawaii, Japan, Mauritius, New Caledonia, Oceania, Philippines and Australia (Western Australia)

References

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  • Crosse, H. 1870. Diagnoses Molluscorum Novae Caledoniae incolarum. Journal de Conchyliologie 18: 138–248
  • Kay, E.A. 1979. Hawaiian Marine Shells. Reef and shore fauna of Hawaii. Section 4 : Mollusca. Honolulu, Hawaii : Bishop Museum Press Bernice P. Bishop Museum Special Publication Vol. 64(4) 653 pp.
  • Wilson, B. (1994) Australian marine shells. Prosobranch gastropods. Vol. 2 Neogastropods. Odyssey Publishing, Kallaroo, Western Australia, 370 pp. page(s): 67
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  • "Crassicantharus noumeensis". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.