Nanula
| Nanula | |
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| Drawing of a shell of Nanula tasmanica | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
| Order: | Trochida |
| Superfamily: | Trochoidea |
| Family: | Trochidae |
| Genus: | Nanula Thiele, 1924 |
| Type species | |
| Gibbula tasmanica Petterd, W.F., 1879
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Nanula is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Trochidae, the top snails.[1]
Distribution
[edit]The species in this genus are endemic to Australia and occur off New South Wales, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria and Western Australia.
Species
[edit]- Nanula flindersi Cotton, B.C. & F.K. Godfrey, 1935
- Nanula galbina (Hedley, C. & W.L. May, 1908)
- Nanula tasmanica Petterd, W.F., 1879
References
[edit]- ^ Bouchet, P. (2012). Nanula Thiele, 1924. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=512282 on 2012-11-23
- Thiele, 1924, Mitteilungen aus dem Zoologischen Museum in Berlin, 11(1): 54, 69
- Cotton, B.C. (1959). South Australian Mollusca. Archaeogastropoda . Adelaide : South Australian Government Printer.
- Iredale, T. & McMichael, D.F. (1962). A reference list of the marine Mollusca of New South Wales. Memoirs of the Australian Museum. 11
External links
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