Spectamen gertruda

Spectamen gertruda
Scientific classification (disputed)
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Vetigastropoda
Order:	Trochida
Superfamily:	Trochoidea
Family:	Solariellidae
Genus:	Spectamen
Species:	S. gertruda
Binomial name
Spectamen gertruda (Iredale, 1936)
Synonyms
Minolia gertruda Iredale, 1936 Minolops gertruda Iredale, 1936 superseded combination

Spectamen gertruda, common name the coral red top shell, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Solariellidae.

Description

The size of the shell attains 9 mm.

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Distribution

This marine species is endemic to Australia and occurs off New South Wales

References

• Iredale, T. 1936. Australian molluscan notes. No. 2. Records of the Australian Museum 19(5): 267-340, pls 20-24
• 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
• Wilson, B. (1993). Australian Marine Shells. Prosobranch Gastropods. Kallaroo, WA : Odyssey Publishing. Vol.1 1st Edn pp. 1�408

External links

• Williams S.T., Kano Y., Warén A. & Herbert D.G. (2020). "Marrying molecules and morphology: first steps towards a reevaluation of solariellid genera (Gastropoda: Trochoidea) in the light of molecular phylogenetic studies". Journal of Molluscan Studies. 86 (1): 20.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)