Malluvium
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| Malluvium | |
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| A shell of Malluvium otohimae | |
| Scientific classification Edit this classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Littorinimorpha |
| Family: | Hipponicidae |
| Genus: | Malluvium Melvill, 1906 |
| Type species | |
| Capulus lissus E. A. Smith, 1894
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Malluvium is a genus of small sea snails, limpet-like cap snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Hipponicidae, the hoofshells or hoof snails.[1]
Description
[edit | edit source](Original description in Latin) This genus is distinguished from Amalthea typica by its completely smooth surface. They are sometimes white, sometimes marked with two or three longitudinal cinnamon or chestnut rays. The aperture is oval or circular and whitish within, with a thin margin and a thin to solid basal lamina.[2]
Species
[edit | edit source]Species within the genus Malluvium include:
- Malluvium calcareum (Suter, 1909)
- Malluvium devotum (Hedley, 1904)
- Malluvium lissum (E. A. Smith, 1894)
References
[edit | edit source]- ^ a b Rosenberg, G. (2012). Malluvium. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=598660 on 2012-06-27
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