Trochaclis antarctica is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Ataphridae.[1]
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| (unranked): | clade Vetigastropoda
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| Species: | T. antarctica
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| Trochaclis antarctica Thiele, 1912
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Description edit
The length of the shell varies between 2 mm and 5 mm.
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Distribution edit
This species occurs in Antarctic waters off the South Sandwich Islands, the South Shetlands, the Antarctic Peninsula, the Ross Sea and the Weddell Sea.
References edit
- ^ Trochaclis antarctica Thiele, 1912. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 12 April 2010.
- Engl W. (2012) Shells of Antarctica. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. 402 pp.
External links edit
- Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS)
- Southern Ocean Mollusc Database (SOMBASE)
- Discovery Reports, National Institute of Oceanography of Great Britain, vol. 26, 1951, p. 111