Kaiparathina vaubani

Kaiparathina vaubani is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Trochidae.[1]

Kaiparathina vaubani
Shell of Kaiparathina vaubani (holotype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Trochida
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Trochidae
Genus: Kaiparathina
Species:
K. vaubani
Binomial name
Kaiparathina vaubani
Marshall, 1993

Description

The length of the shell attains 3.7 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off New Caledonia.

References

  1. Rosenberg, G. (2012). Kaiparathina vaubani Marshall, 1993. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=594176 on 2012-09-01
  • Marshall B.A. (1993) A review of the genus Kaiparathina Laws, 1941 (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Trochoidea). The Veliger 36: 185-198


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