Trubatsa saltantis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1]
Trubatsa saltantis | |
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Shell of Trubatsa saltantis (holotype at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Family: | Muricidae |
Genus: | Trubatsa |
Species: | T. saltantis
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Binomial name | |
Trubatsa saltantis Houart, 1991
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Synonyms[1] | |
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Description
editThe length of the shell attains 9.2 mm.
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Distribution
editThis marine species occurs off the Lord Howe Seamount Chain, New Caledonia.
References
edit- ^ a b MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Trubatsa saltantis (Houart, 1991). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1544840 on 2022-06-11
- Houart, R. (1991). Mollusca Gastropoda: The Typhinae (Muricidae) from the New Caledonian region with description of five new species. in: Crosnier, A. et al. (Ed.) Résultats des Campagnes MUSORSTOM 7. Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle. Série A, Zoologie. 150: 223-235.
- Houart, R, Buge, B. & Zuccon, D. (2021). A taxonomic update of the Typhinae (Gastropoda: Muricidae) with a review of New Caledonia species and the description of new species from New Caledonia, the South China Sea and Western Australia. Journal of Conchology. 44(2): 103–147.