Nanula

Genus of gastropods

Nanula

Drawing of a shell of Nanula tasmanica
Scientific classification
Domain:  | Eukaryota
Kingdom:  | Animalia
Phylum:  | Mollusca
Class:  | Gastropoda
Subclass:  | Vetigastropoda
Order:  | Trochida
Superfamily:  | Trochoidea
Family:  | Trochidae
Genus:  | Nanula
Thiele, 1924
Type species
Gibbula tasmanica

Petterd, W.F., 1879

Nanula is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Trochidae, the top snails.[1]

## Distribution

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The species in this genus are endemic to Australia and occur off New South Wales, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria and Western Australia.

## Species

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* Nanula flindersi Cotton, B.C. & F.K. Godfrey, 1935
* Nanula galbina (Hedley, C. & W.L. May, 1908)
* Nanula tasmanica Petterd, W.F., 1879

## References

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1. ^ Bouchet, P. (2012). Nanula Thiele, 1924. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=512282 on 2012-11-23

* Thiele, 1924, Mitteilungen aus dem Zoologischen Museum in Berlin, 11(1): 54, 69
* Cotton, B.C. (1959). South Australian Mollusca. Archaeogastropoda . Adelaide : South Australian Government Printer.
* Iredale, T. & McMichael, D.F. (1962). A reference list of the marine Mollusca of New South Wales. Memoirs of the Australian Museum. 11

## External links

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* ITIS
* World Register of Marine Species

Taxon identifiers

Nanula|

* Wikidata: Q16986192
* AFD: Nanula
* CoL: 7P9HZ
* EoL: 2567341
* GBIF: 4304847
* IRMNG: 1332474
* ITIS: 331147
* Open Tree of Life: 2914847
* Paleobiology Database: 61259
* WoRMS: 512282

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