Cantharidus lepidus

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Cantharidus lepidus
Cantharidus lepidus shell specimen
Cantharidus lepidus shell specimen from the Naturalis Biodiversity Center in Leiden, Netherlands
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Trochida
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Trochidae
Genus: Cantharidus
Species:
C. lepidus
Binomial name
Cantharidus lepidus
(Philippi, 1849)
Synonyms[1]
  • Strigosella lepida (Philippi, 1849)
  • Jujubinus lepidus (Philippi, 1849)
  • Trochus lepidus Philippi, 1849 (original combination)
  • Trochus erogatus P. Fischer, 1876

Cantharidus lepidus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Trochidae, the top snails.[1][2]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b "Cantharidus lepidus". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. 2021. Retrieved 2021-03-12.
  2. ^ Hickman C.S. (2005) Seagrass fauna of the temperate southern coast of Australia I: The cantharidine trochid gastropods. In: F.E. Wells, D.I. Walker & G.A. Kendrick (eds), The marine flora and fauna of Esperance, Western Australia: 199-220. Western Australian Museum, Perth.