Venustatrochus
| Venustatrochus | |
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| Shell of Venustatrochus malaita | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
| Order: | Trochida |
| Superfamily: | Trochoidea |
| Family: | Calliostomatidae |
| Genus: | Venustatrochus Powell, 1951 |
| Type species | |
| Venustatrochus georgianus Powell, 1951 | |
Venustatrochus is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Calliostomatidae.[1]
Species
[edit]Species within the genus Venustatrochus include:
- Venustatrochus atlantis B. A. Marshall, 2016
- Venustatrochus eclectus B. A. Marshall, 2016
- Venustatrochus galateae B. A. Marshall, 2016
- Venustatrochus georgianus A. W. B. Powell, 1951
- Venustatrochus malaita Vilvens, 2009
- Venustatrochus secundus Powell, 1958[2]
- Venustatrochus youngi B. A. Marshall, 2016
References
[edit]- ↑ Bouchet, P. (2012). Venustatrochus Powell, 1951. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=196993 on 2012-12-07
- ↑ Venustatrochus secundus Powell, 1958. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 1 May 2010.
- Marshall, B. A. (2016). New species of Venustatrochus Powell, 1951 from New Zealand, and new species of Falsimargarita Powell, 1951 and a new genus of the Calliostomatidae from the southwest Pacific, with comments on some other calliostomatid genera (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Molluscan Research. 36: 119-141
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