species: Dolomena variabilis in taxonomy (Gaia Guide)
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Dolomena variabilis


©Lexie Gersbeck and Gabi Howarth: Dolomena variabilis about 4 cm long from the Lizard Island area.

©Lexie Gersbeck and Gabi Howarth: Dolomena variabilis about 4 cm long from the Lizard Island area.

©Lexie Gersbeck and Gabi Howarth: Dolomena variabilis about 4 cm long from the Lizard Island area.

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Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Mollusca
Class Gastropoda
Order Hypsogastropoda
Family Strombidae
Genus Dolomena
Species Dolomena variabilis

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Distinguishing features

Distinguishing features still need to be specified.

Size

  • Up to 6 cm (length according to Wilson, 1993)

Synonyms

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References

  • Huelsken, T. (2008). Phylogenetic relationship and species identification within the Natcidae Guilding, 1834 (Gastropoda: Caenogastropoda), Ph.D. thesis, Ruhr-Universitaet Bochum. LIRS catalog number 1204.
  • Robertson, R. (1981). List of shell-bearing mollusks observed and collected at Lizard Island, Great Barrier Reef, Australia, Tryonia, 4: 1-32. LIRS catalog number 403.