Kaiparathina coriolis

Kaiparathina coriolis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Trochidae.[1]

Kaiparathina coriolis
Shell of Kaiparathina coriolis (holotype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Trochida
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Trochidae
Genus: Kaiparathina
Species:
K. coriolis
Binomial name
Kaiparathina coriolis
Marshall, 1993

Description

The length of the shell attains 10.1 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off the Northern Lord Howe Rise in the Coral Sea.

References

  1. Rosenberg, G. (2012). Kaiparathina coriolis Marshall, 1993. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=594173 on 2012-09-01
  • Marshall B.A. (1993) A review of the genus Kaiparathina Laws, 1941 (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Trochoidea). The Veliger 36: 185-198
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