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Canarium wilsonorum

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Canarium wilsonorum
Apertural view of Canarium wilsonorum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Strombidae
Genus: Canarium
Species:
C. wilsonorum
Binomial name
Canarium wilsonorum
(Abbott, 1967)
Synonyms[1]
  • Strombus (Canarium) wilsoni Abbott, 1967
  • Strombus wilsoni Abbott, 1967 (incorrectly formed specific epithet)
  • Strombus wilsonorum Abbott, 1967

Canarium wilsonorum is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Strombidae, the true conchs.[1]

Description

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Distribution

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This species occurs in the Indian Ocean off Mozambique, Tanzania and the Mascarene Basin.

References

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  1. ^ a b Canarium wilsonorum Abbott, 1967. Bouchet, P. (2010). Canarium wilsonorum (Abbott, 1967). Accessed through the World Register of Marine Species at http://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=532189 on 25 February 2011 .
  • Kilburn, R.N. (1977) Taxonomic studies on the marine Mollusca of southern Africa and Mozambique. Part 1. Annals of the Natal Museum, 23, 173–214.
  • Walls, J.G. (1980). Conchs, tibias and harps. A survey of the molluscan families Strombidae and Harpidae. T.F.H. Publications Ltd, Hong Kong.
  • Steyn, D.G. & Lussi, M. (1998) Marine Shells of South Africa. An Illustrated Collector’s Guide to Beached Shells. Ekogilde Publishers, Hartebeespoort, South Africa, ii + 264 pp. page(s): 44
  • Liverani V. (2014) The superfamily Stromboidea. Addenda and corrigenda. In: G.T. Poppe, K. Groh & C. Renker (eds), A conchological iconography. pp. 1-54, pls 131-164. Harxheim: Conchbooks.
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