Trochaclis antarctica is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Trochaclididae.[1]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
| Family: | Trochaclididae |
| Genus: | Trochaclis |
| Species: | T. antarctica
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| Binomial name | |
| Trochaclis antarctica Thiele, 1912
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Description
editTrochaclis antarctica is a species of snails in the family Trochaclididae. They are native to Antarctica. They have sexual reproduction[1]. The length of the shell varies between 2 mm and 5 mm.
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Distribution
editThis species occurs in Antarctic waters off the South Sandwich Islands, the South Shetlands, the Antarctic Peninsula, the Ross Sea and the Weddell Sea.
References
edit- ^ Trochaclis antarctica Thiele, 1912. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 12 April 2010.
- Engl W. (2012) Shells of Antarctica. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. 402 pp.
External links
edit- Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS)
- Southern Ocean Mollusc Database (SOMBASE)
- Discovery Reports, National Institute of Oceanography of Great Britain, vol. 26, 1951, p. 111