Pholidotrope gloriosa

Pholidotrope gloriosa

Taxonavigation

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: Pholidotrope gloriosa

Name

• Pholidotrope gloriosa Herbert, 2012: 479, figs. 61, 62

Holotype: MNHN 24656.

Type locality: MADAGASCAR: NW of Madagascar, west of Banc du Leven (12.53°S 47.67°E), -35–150 m, Benthedi Exped’n, st’n 5, dredged, 1977.

Etymology: From Latin gloriosa (famous, glorious); in reference to Îles Glorieuses, near which the type material was collected.

References

• 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.