Inkaba tonga
Appearance
Inkaba tonga | |
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Shell of Inkaba tonga (paratype at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
Order: | Trochida |
Superfamily: | Trochoidea |
Family: | Trochidae |
Genus: | Inkaba |
Species: | I. tonga
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Binomial name | |
Inkaba tonga Herbert, 1992
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Synonyms | |
Inkaba (Clanculus) tonga Herbert, 1992 |
Inkaba tonga is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Trochidae, the top snails.[1]
Distribution
[edit]This species occurs in the Indian Ocean off Mozambique.
References
[edit]- ^ WoRMS (2012). Inkaba tonga Herbert, 1992. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=567720 on 2012-11-23
External links
[edit]- World Register of Marine Species
- Herbert D.G. (1992). Revision of the Umboniinae (Mollusca: Prosobranchia: Trochidae) in southern Africa and Mozambique. Annals of the Natal Museum 33(2):379-459
- Herbert D.G. (2015). An annotated catalogue and bibliography of the taxonomy, synonymy and distribution of the Recent Vetigastropoda of South Africa (Mollusca). Zootaxa. 4049(1): 1-98