Pholidotrope

Pholidotrope gloriosa

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Seguenzioidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Spiralia Cladus: Lophotrochozoa Phylum: Mollusca Classis: Gastropoda Subclassis: Vetigastropoda Ordo: Seguenziida Superfamilia: Seguenzioidea

Familia: Chilodontidae
Genus: Pholidotrope
Species: P. gloriosa

Name

• Pholidotrope Herbert, 2012: 479

Type species: Pholidotrope gloriosa Herbert, 2012

Etymology: From Greek pholidotos (scaly) and trope (a turn); in reference to the scalelike sculpture on the spiral cords. Gender feminine.

References

• Herbert, D.G. 2012: A revision of the Chilodontidae (Gastropoda: Vetigastropoda: Seguenzioidea) of southern Africa and the south-western Indian Ocean. African invertebrates, 53 (2): 381–502.