Cantharidus festivus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Trochidae, the top snails.[2]
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| Type specimen from Te Papa | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
| Order: | Trochida |
| Superfamily: | Trochoidea |
| Family: | Trochidae |
| Genus: | Cantharidus |
| Species: | C. festivus
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| Binomial name | |
| Cantharidus festivus (B. A. Marshall, 1998)
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Description
editThe shell grows to a length of 6.2 mm.
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Distribution
editThis marine species occurs off North Island, New Zealand in the Cape Reinga area, as well as in the reefs near the Three Kings Islands.[3]
References
edit- ^ Marshall, B.A. 1998: The New Zealand Recent species of Cantharidus Montfort, 1810 and Micrelenchus Finlay, 1926 (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Trochidae). Molluscan Research 19: 107-156 (p.133)
- ^ a b Rosenberg, G. (2012). Cantharidus festivus (B. A. Marshall, 1998). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=598218 on 2012-11-23
- ^ "NZ Mollusca - Cantharidus festivus". www.mollusca.co.nz. Retrieved 2024-09-17.
- Spencer, H.G.; Marshall, B.A.; Maxwell, P.A.; Grant-Mackie, J.A.; Stilwell, J.D.; Willan, R.C.; Campbell, H.J.; Crampton, J.S.; Henderson, R.A.; Bradshaw, M.A.; Waterhouse, J.B.; Pojeta, J. Jr (2009). Phylum Mollusca: chitons, clams, tusk shells, snails, squids, and kin, in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. pp. 161–254
External links
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