''Arielia cancellata'' is a species of
sea snail, a marine
gastropod mollusk
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in the
family
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Mitromorphidae
Mitromorphidae is a monophyletic family of small to medium-sized sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Conoidea.Bouchet, P. (2011). Mitromorphidae Casey, 1904. In: MolluscaBase (2018). Accessed through: World Register of Marin ...
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[Bouchet, P. (2011). Arielia cancellata Shuto, 1983. In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=432601 on 2018-02-06]
Description
Distribution
This marine species occurs in the
Arafura Sea
The Arafura Sea (or Arafuru Sea) lies west of the Pacific Ocean, overlying the continental shelf between Australia and Western New Guinea (also called Papua), which is the Indonesian part of the Island of New Guinea.
Geography
The Arafura Sea i ...
off Australia.
References
* Shuto, T. 1983. ''New turrid taxa from the Australian waters''. Memoirs of the Faculty of Sciences of Kyushu University, Series D, Geology 25: 1-26
External links
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cancellata
Cancellata is a suborder of bryozoans in the order Cyclostomatida.
Families
The following families are accepted:
*Calvetiidae Borg, 1944 (1+ Genera, 2+ Species)
* Canaliporidae Brood, 1972 (1+ Genera, 4+ Species)
* Crassodiscoporidae Brood, 197 ...
Gastropods described in 1983
Gastropods of Australia
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