Kanekotrochus infuscatus

Kanekotrochus infuscatusis, common name the dusky jewel top shell, a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Trochidae, the top snails[1]

Kanekotrochus infuscatus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Trochida
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Trochidae
Genus: Kanekotrochus
Species:
K. infuscatus
Binomial name
Kanekotrochus infuscatus
Gould, A.A., 1861
Synonyms
  • Cantharidus infuscatus (Gould, 1861)
  • Clelandella infuscata (Gould, 1861)
  • Kanekotrochus yokohamensis (Bock, 1878)
  • Thalotia yokohamaensis Donald, K.M., 1878
  • Trochus yokohamensis Bock, 1878
  • Ziziphinus infuscatus Gould, 1861 (original combination)

Description

The size of the adult shell of this species varies between 7 mm and 16 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Japan and the Philippines.

References
  1. "Kanekotrochus infuscatus". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 12 January 2019.
  • Higo, S., Callomon, P. & Goto, Y. (1999). Catalogue and bibliography of the marine shell-bearing Mollusca of Japan. Osaka. : Elle Scientific Publications. 749 pp.
  • Dekker H. (2006). Description of a new species of Kanekotrochus (Gastropoda: Trochidae) from Vietnam. Miscellanea Malacologia, 2(1): 1–4


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