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Pagodatrochus variabilis

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Pagodatrochus variabilis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Trochida
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Trochidae
Subfamily: Cantharidinae
Genus: Pagodatrochus
Species:
P. variabilis
Binomial name
Pagodatrochus variabilis
(H. Adams, 1873)[1]
Synonyms[2]
  • Minolia eutyches Melvill, 1918
  • Minolia (Conotrochus) eutyches Melvill, 1918
  • Minolia variabilis H. Adams, 1873
  • Trochus (Gibbula) mariei Fischer, 1886
  • Trochus mariei Fischer, 1886

Pagodatrochus variabilis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Trochidae.[2][3][4]

Description

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The size of the shell varies between 3 mm and 7 mm.

Distribution

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This species occurs in the Red Sea and in the western Indian Ocean.

References

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  1. ^ Adams, P. Z. S. 1873, p. 207, t. 23, f 10.
  2. ^ a b Bouchet, P. (2012). Pagodatrochus variabilis (H. Adams, 1873). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=567700 on 2013-04-14
  3. ^ Herbert D.G. (1989). Pagodatrochus, a new genus for Minolia variabilis H. Adams, 1873 (Gastropoda: Trochidae). Journal of Molluscan Studies, 55:365-372.
  4. ^ Bosch D.T., Dance S.P., Moolenbeek R.G. & Oliver P.G. (1995) Seashells of eastern Arabia. Dubai: Motivate Publishing. 296 pp.
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  • World Register of Marine Species
  • "Pagodatrochus variabilis". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.