Amathina tricarinata
Five views of a shell of Amathina tricarinata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Family: Amathinidae
Genus: Amathina
Species:
A. tricarinata
Binomial name
Amathina tricarinata
(Linnaeus, 1767) [1]
Synonyms[2]
  • Amathina angustata Souverbie, 1875
  • Amathina tricostata (Gmelin, 1791)
  • Hemitoma tricarinata (Linnaeus, 1767)
  • Patella tricarinata Linnaeus, 1767 (original combination)

Amathina tricarinata is a species of small sea snail, marine heterobranch gastropod mollusc or micromolluscs in the family Amathinidae.[2]

ventral view of the shell of Amathina tricarinata

Distribution

This marine species occurs in the Mediterranean Sea (as a non-indigenous species),[2] the Red Sea and off Madagascar.

References

  1. ^ Linnaeus, C. (1767). Systema naturae sive regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Laurentii Salvii, Holmiae. 12th ed. v. 1 (pt 2): 533-1327
  2. ^ a b c Gofas, S. (2010). Amathina tricarinata (Linnaeus, 1767). In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2010) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=181105 on 2011-03-15
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