Africolaria
Appearance
Africolaria | |
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Shell of Africolaria rutila | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Family: | Fasciolariidae |
Subfamily: | Fasciolariinae |
Genus: | Africolaria Snyder, Vermeij & Lyons, 2012 |
Type species | |
Fasciolaria rutila Watson, 1882
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Africolaria is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Fasciolariidae, the spindle snails, the tulip snails and their allies.[1]
Species
[edit]Species within the genus Africolaria include:
- Africolaria rutila (Watson, 1882)
- Africolaria thersites (Reeve, 1847)
- Africolaria wattersae (Kilburn, 1974)
References
[edit]- ^ Bouchet, P. (2012). Africolaria Snyder, Vermeij & Lyons, 2012. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=607869 on 2012-08-25
- Snyder M.A., Vermeij G.J. & Lyons W.G. (2012) The genera and biogeography of Fasciolariinae (Gastropoda, Neogastropoda, Fasciolariidae). Basteria 76(1-3): 31-70