''Phyllocoma (Galfridus) speciosa'' is a

species A species () is often defined as the largest group of organisms in which any two individuals of the appropriate sexes or mating types can produce fertile offspring, typically by sexual reproduction. It is the basic unit of Taxonomy (biology), ...

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 Gastropods (), commonly known as slugs and snails, belong to a large Taxonomy (biology), taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda (). This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, freshwater, and fro ...

mollusk Mollusca is a phylum of protostomic invertebrate animals, whose members are known as molluscs or mollusks (). Around 76,000 extant species of molluscs are recognized, making it the second-largest animal phylum after Arthropoda. The ...

in the

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Muricidae Muricidae is a large and varied taxonomic family of small to large predatory sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks, commonly known as murex snails or rock snails. With over 1,700 living species, the Muricidae represent almost 10% of the Neog ...

, the murex snails or rock snails.

Subspecies

* ''Phyllocoma (Galfridus) speciosa eburnea'' (Petterd, 1884) * ''Phyllocoma (Galfridus) speciosa speciosa'' (Angas, 1871) * ''Phyllocoma (Galfridus) speciosa virginalis'' (Suter, 1913) Gastropods.com : ''Phyllocoma (Galfridus) speciosa virginalis''
accessed : 26 November 2010

Description

The shell size is between 12 mm and 20 mm

Distribution

This species occurs in Australian waters along

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and

New South Wales New South Wales (commonly abbreviated as NSW) is a States and territories of Australia, state on the Eastern states of Australia, east coast of :Australia. It borders Queensland to the north, Victoria (state), Victoria to the south, and South ...

, Victoria and

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and along

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References

External links

Adams A. (1864 ["1863"]). Description of a new genus and twelve new species of Mollusca. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. (1863): 506–509

Angas G.F. (1871) Description of thirty-four new species of shells from Australia. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, 1871: 13–21, pl. 1
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