Murchisonella anabathron, common name the platform pyramid-shell, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Murchisonellidae, the pyrams and their allies.[2]
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| Shell of Murchisonella anabathron (specimen at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Family: | Murchisonellidae |
| Genus: | Murchisonella |
| Species: | M. anabathron
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| Binomial name | |
| Murchisonella anabathron (Hedley, 1906)[1]
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Distribution
editThis species occurs off Eastern Australia, New South Wales and Tasmania; also off New Caledonia.
References
edit- ^ Hedley, C. (1906). Studies on Australian Mollusca. Part IX. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales. 30, p.524, pl. 33, figs 39, 40
- ^ Bouchet, P.; Marshall, B. (2015). Murchisonella anabathron (Hedley, 1906). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=720493 on 2015-04-14
- May, W.L. (1923). An Illustrated Index of Tasmanian Shells. Hobart : Government Printer. 100 pp
- Iredale, T. & McMichael, D.F. (1962). A reference list of the marine Mollusca of New South Wales. Memoirs of the Australian Museum. 11 : 1-109
- Peñas A. & Rolán E. (2013) Revision of the genera Murchisonella and Pseudoaclisina (Gastropoda, Heterobranchia, Murchisonellidae). Vita Malacologica 11: 15–64.
External links
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