Cantharidella
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Cantharidella is a genus of gastropod molluscs of the family Trochidae, endemic to southern Australia and New Zealand. They are small, depressed-turbinate shells, narrowly umbilicated, smooth and polished, often brilliantly coloured and patterned.
[edit] Species
- Cantharidella balteata
- Cantharidella beachportensis Cotton & Godfrey, 1934
- Cantharidella blanfordiana Cotton, B.C. & F.C. Godfrey, 1934
- Cantharidella ocellina
- Cantharidella picturata Adams & Angas, 1864
- Cantharidella rottnestensis
- Cantharidella tesselata (A. Adams,1851)
- Cantharidella tiberiana Crosse, 1863
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[edit] References
- NZ Mollusca
- OBIS
- Powell A W B, New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1
- Miller M & Batt G, Reef and Beach Life of New Zealand, William Collins (New Zealand) Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1973
