Guildfordia aculeata

Short description: Species of gastropod

Guildfordia aculeata

A shell of Guildfordia aculeata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:  | Animalia
Phylum:  | Mollusca
Class:  | Gastropoda
Subclass:  | Vetigastropoda
Order:  | Trochida
Superfamily:  | Trochoidea
Family:  | Turbinidae
Genus:  | Guildfordia
Species:  |

G. aculeata

Binomial name
Guildfordia aculeata

Kosuge, 1979

Synonyms

* Guildfordia kurzi Petuch, 1979
* Guildfordia tagaroae Alf & Kreipl, 2006

Guildfordia aculeata , common name the aculeate star turban, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Turbinidae, the turban snails.[1]

## Contents

* 1 Description
* 2 Distribution
* 3 References
* 4 External links

## Description

The size of the shell varies between 35 mm and 60 mm.

## Distribution

This marine species occurs off the Philippines .

## References

1. ↑ Guildfordia aculeata Kosuge, 1979. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 20 April 2010.

* Kosuge S. (1979) Description of a new species of the genus Guildfordia (Turbinidae, Gastropoda). Bulletin of the Institute of Malacology, Tokyo 1(2): 20, pl. 4.
* Alf A. & Kreipl K. (2011) The family Turbinidae. Subfamilies Turbininae Rafinesque, 1815 and Prisogasterinae Hickman & McLean, 1990. In: G.T. Poppe & K. Groh (eds), A Conchological Iconography. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. pp. 1–82, pls 104–245

## External links

* "Guildfordia aculeata" (in en). Gastropods.com. http://www.gastropods.com/4/Shell_2454.shtml.

Wikidata ☰ Q5615865 entry

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