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Cantharidella
Cantharidella
Cantharidella is a genus of small sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Trochidae, the top snails.
Range of distribution
This genus is endemic to southern Australia and New Zealand.Shell description
These are small, depressed-turbinate shells, narrowly umbilicated, smooth and polished, often brilliantly coloured and patterned.Species
- Cantharidella balteata
- Cantharidella beachportensis Cotton & Godfrey, 1934
- Cantharidella blanfordiana Cotton, B.C. & F.C. Godfrey, 1934
- Cantharidella ocellina
- Cantharidella picturata Adams & Angas, 1864
- Cantharidella rottnestensis
- Cantharidella tesselata (A. Adams,1851)
- Cantharidella tiberiana Crosse, 1863
References
- NZ Mollusca
- OBIS
- Powell A W B, New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1
- Miller M & Batt G, Reef and Beach Life of New Zealand, William Collins (New Zealand) Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1973
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