Kanekotrochus infuscatus

Kanekotrochus infuscatus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Vetigastropoda
Order:	Trochida
Superfamily:	Trochoidea
Family:	Trochidae
Genus:	Kanekotrochus
Species:	K. infuscatus
Binomial name
	Kanekotrochus infuscatus; Gould, A.A., 1861
Synonyms
	Cantharidus infuscatus (Gould, 1861); Clelandella infuscata (Gould, 1861); Kanekotrochus yokohamensis (Bock, 1878); Thalotia yokohamaensis Donald, K.M., 1878; Trochus yokohamensis Bock, 1878; Ziziphinus infuscatus Gould, 1861 (original combination);

Kanekotrochus infuscatusis, common name the dusky jewel top shell, a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Trochidae, the top snails^[1]

Description

The size of the adult shell of this sea snail species varies between 7 mm and 16 mm.

This marine species occurs off Japan and the Philippines.

Higo, S., Callomon, P. & Goto, Y. (1999). Catalogue and bibliography of the marine shell-bearing Mollusca of Japan. Osaka. : Elle Scientific Publications. 749 pp.
Dekker H. (2006). Description of a new species of Kanekotrochus (Gastropoda: Trochidae) from Vietnam. Miscellanea Malacologia, 2(1): 1–4

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