Austrocochlea rudis | |
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Apertural view of a shell of Austrocochlea rudis | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
Order: | Trochida |
Superfamily: | Trochoidea |
Family: | Trochidae |
Genus: | Austrocochlea |
Species: | A. rudis
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Binomial name | |
Austrocochlea rudis (Gray, 1826)
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Synonyms | |
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Austrocochlea rudis, common name the rough periwinkle or the roughened austrocochlea, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Trochidae, the top snails. [2] [3]
The imperforate shell has an orbiculate-conical shape. The blunt spire shows transversal black lines and oblique longitudinal striae. The columella is subtuberculate. The smooth lip is black and within with a golden yellow margin. [4]
This marine species is endemic to Australia and occurs off South Australia and Western Australia
Austrocochlea rudis | |
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Apertural view of a shell of Austrocochlea rudis | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
Order: | Trochida |
Superfamily: | Trochoidea |
Family: | Trochidae |
Genus: | Austrocochlea |
Species: | A. rudis
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Binomial name | |
Austrocochlea rudis (Gray, 1826)
[1]
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Synonyms | |
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Austrocochlea rudis, common name the rough periwinkle or the roughened austrocochlea, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Trochidae, the top snails. [2] [3]
The imperforate shell has an orbiculate-conical shape. The blunt spire shows transversal black lines and oblique longitudinal striae. The columella is subtuberculate. The smooth lip is black and within with a golden yellow margin. [4]
This marine species is endemic to Australia and occurs off South Australia and Western Australia