Berthelinia darwini

Berthelinia darwini
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Heterobranchia

Informal group Opisthobranchia
clade Sacoglossa
clade Oxynoacea

Superfamily: Oxynooidea
Family: Juliidae
Genus: Berthelinia
Species: B. darwini
Binomial name
Berthelinia darwini
Jensen, 1997

Berthelinia darwini is a species of a sea snail with a shell comprising two separate hinged pieces or valves. It is a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Juliidae. [1]

Distribution

This species is found in Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia.[2] The type locality for this species is harbour in Darwin, Australia, Northern Australia.[3]

References

  1. Bouchet, P. (2012). Berthelinia darwini Jensen, 1997. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=492589 on 2012-03-09
  2. http://www.gastropods.com/2/Shell_60552.shtml
  3. Jensen K. R. (November 2007). "Biogeography of the Sacoglossa (Mollusca, Opisthobranchia)". Bonner zoologische Beiträge 55(2006)(3-4): 255–281.


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