Macrarene cookeana

Macrarene cookeana
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Clade: Vetigastropoda
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Liotiidae
Genus: Macrarene
Species: M. cookeana
Binomial name
Macrarene cookeana
(Dall, 1918)
Synonyms[1]
  • Cyclostrema cookeanum (Dall, 1918)

Macrarene cookeana, common name Miss Cooke's liotia, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Liotiidae.[1][2]

Description

The length of the shell varies between 18 mm and 30 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Pacific Ocean off Baja California, Mexico.

References

  1. 1 2 Rosenberg, G. (2012). Macrarene cookeana (Dall, 1918). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=528080 on 2012-12-03
  2. Turgeon, D.D., et al. 1998. Common and scientific names of aquatic invertebrates of the United States and Canada. American Fisheries Society Special Publication 26

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External identifiers for Macrarene cookeana
Encyclopedia of Life 493270
ITIS 70297
WoRMS 528080


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