WoRMS taxon details
Cheilea papyracea A. Adams
AphiaID: 212111
AphiaID: 212111
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Caenogastropoda (Subclass) > Littorinimorpha (Order) > Vanikoroidea (Superfamily) > Hipponicidae (Family) > Cheilea (Genus) |
| Status | accepted | ||||||||||
| Record status | Edited by Database Management Team | ||||||||||
| Rank | Species | ||||||||||
| Parent | Cheilea Modeer, 1793 | ||||||||||
| Source |
basis of record: Richmond, M. (Ed.) (1997). A guide to the seashores of Eastern Africa and the Western Indian Ocean islands. Sida/Department for Research Cooperation, SAREC: Stockholm, Sweden. ISBN 91-630-4594-X. 448 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] | ||||||||||
| Distribution | Tanzania [details] | ||||||||||
| Link | To Encyclopedia of Life | ||||||||||
| Note |
Description: Evenly sub-circular shell, up to 2 cm, with undulating surface and a distinctive internal cup-shaped projection. Habitat: eulittoral on hard surfaces. Distribution: W Indian Ocean to W Pacific Ocean. (Richmond, 1997). [details] | ||||||||||
| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:212111 | ||||||||||
| Taxonomic Edit history |
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| Citation: WoRMS (2013). Cheilea papyracea A. Adams. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=212111 on 2013-05-26 | |||||||||||
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