Gaza polychoronos

Gaza polychoronos is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Margaritidae.[2]

Gaza polychoronos
Shell of Gaza polychoronos (holotype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Trochida
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Margaritidae
Genus: Gaza
Species:
G. polychoronos
Binomial name
Gaza polychoronos
Vilvens, 2012[1]

Description

The height of the shell attains 18 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off the Society Islands, French Polynesia.

References

  • Vilvens C. (2012) New species and new records of Seguenzioidea and Trochoidea (Gastropoda) from French Polynesia. Novapex 13(1): 1-23.
  • To World Register of Marine Species
  • "Gaza polychoronos". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.


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