Pholidotrope gloriosa

Taxonavigation

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Taxonavigation: Seguenzioidea 

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Spiralia
Cladus: Lophotrochozoa
Phylum: Mollusca
Classis: Gastropoda
Subclassis: Vetigastropoda
Ordo: Seguenziida
Superfamilia: Seguenzioidea

Familia: Chilodontidae
Genus: Pholidotrope
Species: P. gloriosa

Name

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  • Pholidotrope Herbert, 2012: 479
Type species: Pholidotrope gloriosa Herbert, 2012
Etymology: From Greek pholidotos (scaly) and trope (a turn); in reference to the scalelike sculpture on the spiral cords. Gender feminine.

References

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  • Herbert, D.G. 2012: A revision of the Chilodontidae (Gastropoda: Vetigastropoda: Seguenzioidea) of southern Africa and the south-western Indian Ocean. African invertebrates, 53 (2): 381–502.