Ascetostoma providentiae is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Chilodontidae.[1][2]
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| Drawing showing two views of a shell of Acetostoma providentiae | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Seguenzioidea |
| Family: | Chilodontaidae |
| Genus: | Ascetostoma |
| Species: | A. providentiae
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| Binomial name | |
| Ascetostoma providentiae (Melvill, 1909)
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Distribution edit
This species occurs in the southwest Indian Ocean.
References edit
- ^ a b Bouchet, P. (2012). Ascetostoma providentiae (Melvill, 1909). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=710026 on 2013-04-14
- ^ 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. (6 November 2012)
- Melvill, JC, 1909, Report on the marine Mollusca obtained by Mr. J. Stanley Gardiner, F.R.S., among the Islands of the Indian Ocean in 1905; Transactions of the Linnean Society, ser.2 v. 13 pp. 65-139, 1 pl
- Poppe G.T., Tagaro S.P. & Dekker H. (2006) The Seguenziidae, Chilodontidae, Trochidae, Calliostomatidae and Solariellidae of the Philippine Islands. Visaya Supplement 2: 1-228. page(s): 69
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