''Murchisonella anabathron'', common name the platform pyramid-shell, is a
species
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of
sea snail
Sea snails are slow-moving marine (ocean), marine gastropod Mollusca, molluscs, usually with visible external shells, such as whelk or abalone. They share the Taxonomic classification, taxonomic class Gastropoda with slugs, which are distinguishe ...
, a
marine gastropod
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This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, freshwater, and fro ...
mollusk
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in the
family
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Murchisonellidae
Murchisonellidae is a Taxonomy (biology), taxonomic family (biology), family of sea snails, Marine (ocean), marine opisthobranch gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Murchisonelloidea.Bouchet, P. (2015). Murchisonellidae Casey, 1904. Accessed th ...
, the pyrams and their allies.
[Bouchet, P.; Marshall, B. (2015). Murchisonella anabathron (Hedley, 1906). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=720493 on 2015-04-14]
Distribution
This species occurs off
Eastern Australia
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,
New South Wales
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and
Tasmania
Tasmania (; palawa kani: ''Lutruwita'') is an island States and territories of Australia, state of Australia. It is located to the south of the Mainland Australia, Australian mainland, and is separated from it by the Bass Strait. The sta ...
; also off
New Caledonia
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.
References
* May, W.L. (1923). ''An Illustrated Index of Tasmanian Shells''. Hobart : Government Printer. 100 pp
* Iredale, T. & McMichael, D.F. (1962). ''A reference list of the marine Mollusca of New South Wales.'' Memoirs of the Australian Museum. 11 : 1-109
* Peñas A. & Rolán E. (2013) ''Revision of the genera Murchisonella and Pseudoaclisina (Gastropoda, Heterobranchia, Murchisonellidae).'' Vita Malacologica 11: 15–64.
External links
World Register of Marine Species
Murchisonellidae
Gastropods described in 1906
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