Venustas fragilis is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk, in the family Calliostomatidae within the superfamily Trochoidea, the top snails, turban snails and their allies.[1]

Venustas fragilis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Trochida
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Calliostomatidae
Genus: Venustas
Species:
V. fragilis
Binomial name
Venustas fragilis
Finlay, 1926
Synonyms[1]
  • Calliostoma (Maurea) fragile Finlay, 1923
  • Calliostoma fragile Finlay, 1923
  • Calliostoma suteri var. fragile Finlay, 1923
  • Maurea fragilis (Finlay, 1923)

References

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  1. ^ a b MolluscaBase (2018). Venustas fragilis Finlay, 1926 †. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=881110 on 2018-12-28