Rocroithys niveus

Rocroithys niveus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Raphitomidae
Genus: Rocroithys
Species:
R. niveus
Binomial name
Rocroithys niveus
Sysoev & Bouchet, 2001[1]

Rocroithys niveus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Raphitomidae.[2]

Description

The shell reaches a length of 25.5 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Vanuatu, the Norfolk Ridge, New Hebrides.

References

  1. ^ Sysoev & Bouchet (2001). Mem. Mus. Nat. Hist. Nat. 185 :271-320. World Register of Marine Species, Retrieved 5 April 2010.
  2. ^ Rocroithys niveus Sysoev & Bouchet, 2001. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 April 2010.
  • MNHN, Paris: holotype
  • Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295.


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