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Apicalia inflata

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Apicalia inflata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Eulimidae
Genus: Apicalia
Species:
A. inflata
Binomial name
Apicalia inflata
Tate & May, 1901
Synonyms
  • Eulima inflata Tate & May, 1901
  • Melanella inflata (Tate & May 1900)

Apicalia inflata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Eulimidae.[1]

Distribution

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This marine species is endemic to Australia and occurs off South Australia, Tasmania and Victoria

References

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  1. ^ Tate & May, 1901. Warén A. (1980) Descriptions of new taxa of Eulimidae (Mollusca, Prosobranchia), with notes on some previously described genera. Zoologica Scripta 9: 283-306. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=536415 on 2013-02-07.
  • Cotton, B.C. 1957. Records of uncommon southern Australian Mollusca. Records of the South Australian Museum (Adelaide) 13(1): 117-130
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