Guildfordia aculeata
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Top view of a shell of Guildfordia aculeata | |
Scientific classification ![]() |
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Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Clade: | Vetigastropoda |
Superfamily: | Trochoidea (superfamily) |
Family: | Turbinidae |
Genus: | Guildfordia |
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G. aculeata
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Binomial name | |
Guildfordia aculeata Kosuge, 1979
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Guildfordia aculeata , common name the aculeate star turban, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Turbinidae, the turban snails.[1]
Description
The size of the shell varies between 35 mm and 60 mm. Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
Distribution
This marine species occurs off the Philippines.
References
- ↑ Guildfordia aculeata Kosuge, 1979. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 20 April 2010.
- Kosuge S. (1979) Description of a new species of the genus Guildfordia (Turbinidae, Gastropoda). Bulletin of the Institute of Malacology, Tokyo 1(2): 20, pl. 4.
- Alf A. & Kreipl K. (2011) The family Turbinidae. Subfamilies Turbininae Rafinesque, 1815 and Prisogasterinae Hickman & McLean, 1990. In: G.T. Poppe & K. Groh (eds), A Conchological Iconography. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. pp. 1-82, pls 104-245
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