''Jujubinus polychromus'' is a

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of sea snail, a marine gastropod

mollusk Mollusca is the second-largest phylum of invertebrate animals after the Arthropoda, the members of which are known as molluscs or mollusks (). Around 85,000 extant species of molluscs are recognized. The number of fossil species is es ...

in the

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Trochidae The Trochidae, common name top-snails or top-shells, are a family of various sized sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the subclass Vetigastropoda. This family is commonly known as the top-snails because in many species the shell resembles ...

, the top snails.Bouchet, P. (2015). Jujubinus polychromus (A. Adams, 1853). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=834221 on 2015-02-21

Distribution

This marine species is endemic to

Southwest Australia Southwest Australia is a biogeographic region in Western Australia. It includes the Mediterranean-climate area of southwestern Australia, which is home to a diverse and distinctive flora and fauna. The region is also known as the Southwest Aus ...

References

* Thiele, J. (1930): Gastropoda und Bivalvia. - In: ''Die Fauna Südwest-Australiens. Ergebnisse der Hamburger südwest-asutralischen Forschungsreise 1905'' (Michaelsen, W. & Hartmeyer, R. ed.), vol. 5, No. 8, pp. 561–596 * Dekker H. (2006). ''Description of a new species of Kanekotrochus (Gastropoda: Trochidae) from Vietnam''. Miscellanea Malacologia, 2(1): 1–4

External links

* polychromus Gastropods of Australia Gastropods described in 1930 {{Trochidae-stub