Cantharidus nolfi
Topic: Biology
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Short description: Species of gastropod
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
| Order: | Trochida |
| Superfamily: | Trochoidea |
| Family: | Trochidae |
| Genus: | Cantharidus |
| Species: | C. nolfi
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| Binomial name | |
| Cantharidus nolfi Poppe, Tagaro & Dekker, 2006[1]
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Cantharidus nolfi is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Trochidae, the top snails.[2]
Description
The length of the shell varies between 6.5 mm and 8.5 mm. This sea snail is a broadcast spawner resulting in embryos developing into planktonic trocophore larvae, juvenile veligers and finally becoming fully grown adults.[3] It is a deposit feeder and grazer.[4]
Distribution
This marine species occurs off the Philippines.
References
- ↑ Poppe, Tagaro & Dekker. 2006. Visaya Supplement: Supplement 2 Pages: 3–228. World Register of Marine Species, Retrieved 1 May 2010.
- ↑ Cantharidus nolfi Poppe, Tagaro & Dekker, 2006. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 27 November 2012.
- ↑ "Cantharidus nolfi". https://www.sealifebase.org/summary/105285.
- ↑ "MolluscaBase - Kaiparathina nolfi (Poppe, Tagaro & Dekker, 2006)" (in en). https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1741203#attributes.
External links
- "Cantharidus nolfi" (in en). Gastropods.com. http://www.gastropods.com/6/Shell_47296.shtml.
Wikidata ☰ Q5033763 entry
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