Alcyna acia
Appearance
Alcyna acia | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
Order: | Trochida |
Superfamily: | Trochoidea |
Family: | Trochidae |
Genus: | Alcyna |
Species: | A. acia
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Binomial name | |
Alcyna acia Cotton, 1948
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Alcyna acia is a species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Trochidae, the top snails.[1]
Description
[edit]The size of the shell attains 3mm.
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Distribution
[edit]This marine species is endemic to Australia and occurs off Southern Australia and West Australia.
Environmental Conditions
[edit]This marine species tends to live in places with a sea surface temperature of 15–25 °C (59–77 °F).[2]
References
[edit]- ^ Bouchet, P. (2013). Alcyna acia Cotton, 1948. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=719076 on 2014-01-07
- ^ "Alcyna acia Cotton, 1948". OBIS.
- Cotton, B.C. 1948. Southern Australian Gastropoda. Part 3. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 72(1): 30–32
- Wilson, B. 1993. Australian Marine Shells. Prosobranch Gastropods. Kallaroo, Western Australia : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 1 408 pp.
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