Cythnia asteriaphila

Cythnia asteriaphila
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
Superfamily: Eulimoidea
Family: Eulimidae
Genus: Cythnia
Species: C. asteriaphila
Binomial name
Cythnia asteriaphila
Carpenter, 1864

Cythnia asteriaphila is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Eulimidae. The species is one of two known species to exist within the genus, Cythnia, the other one is Cythnia albida.[1]

Distribution

This species is mainly distributed off the coasts of America in the Pacific Ocean and the Atlantic Ocean.

References

  1. Carpenter, 1864. Abbott R. T. (1974). American Seashells. The marine mollusca of the Atlantic and Pacific coast of North America. II edit. Van Nostrand, New York 663 p. + 24 pl: page(s): 130. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=565715 on 2013-01-10.

External links

External identifiers for Cythnia asteriaphila
WoRMS 565715


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