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Kaiparathina coriolis B. A. Marshall 1993

Kaiparathina coriolis

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Kaiparathina coriolis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Trochidae.[1]

Description

The length of the shell attains 10.1 mm. The shell is only found in Lord Howe Rise in the Coral Sea at a level of 340 meters in the continental slope. The last time it was seen was in 1993, by Marshall B.A,[2] and one of the few shells found are being held in the Museum d'Historie Naturelle, in Paris. It feeds off of plants.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off the Northern Lord Howe Rise in the Coral Sea. It has been sighted in the 1800's off the shore of Hawaii, and since then only in the aforementioned area of Lord Howe Rise, in Australia.

References

  1. ^ Rosenberg, G. (2012). Kaiparathina coriolis Marshall, 1993. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=594173 on 2012-09-01
  2. ^ "Kaiparathina coriolis Marshall, 1993". Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database. Retrieved 2023-04-23.
  • Marshall B.A. (1993) A review of the genus Kaiparathina Laws, 1941 (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Trochoidea). The Veliger 36: 185-198

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Kaiparathina coriolis: Brief Summary

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Kaiparathina coriolis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Trochidae.

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