Haplocochlias lucasensis

Haplocochlias lucasensis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Skeneidae.[1][2]

Haplocochlias lucasensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Trochida
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Skeneidae
Genus: Haplocochlias
Species:
H. lucasensis
Binomial name
Haplocochlias lucasensis
(Strong, 1934)
Synonyms
  • Arene lucasensis (Strong, 1934)
  • Liotia lucasensis Strong, 1934 (original combination)

Description

The height of the shell attains 1.7 mm and its diameter 1.6 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Baja California.

References
  1. Rosenberg, G. (2012). Haplocochlias lucasensis (Strong, 1934). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=575620 on 2012-09-01
  2. Keen M. (1971) Sea shells of tropical West America. Marine mollusks from Baja California to Perú, ed. 2. Stanford University Press. 1064 pp.


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