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Phasianotrochus sericinus
Scientific classification
Synonyms

Cantharidus sericinus Thiele, 1930

Phasianotrochus sericinus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Trochidae, the top snails.

Description

Distribution

This marine species is endemic to Australia and occurs off Cockburn Sound, Western Australia.

  • Thiele, J. 1930. Gastropoda und Bivalvia. pp. 561–596 in Michaelsen, W. & Hartmayer, R. (eds). Die Fauna Südwest-Australiens. Jena : Gustav Fischer Vol. 5.
  • Ponder, W.F. 1978. The unfigured Mollusca of J. Thiele. 1930 published in Die Fauna Sudwest-Australiens. Records of the Western Australian Museum 6(4): 423-441
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