Africotriton adelphum

Africotriton adelphum
Shell of Africotriton adelphum (holotype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Cancellariidae
Genus: Africotriton
Species:
A. adelphum
Binomial name
Africotriton adelphum
Bouchet & Petit, 2002[1]

Africotriton adelphum is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Cancellariidae, the nutmeg snails.[2]

Description

The length of the shell attains 22.4 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off New Caledonia.

References

  1. ^ Bouchet & Petit. 2002. Nautilus 116 (3): 95–104. World Register of Marine Species, Retrieved 6 April 2010.
  2. ^ Africotriton adelphum Bouchet & Petit, 2002. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 6 April 2010.


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