species: Lunella cinerea in taxonomy (Lizard Island Field Guide)
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Lunella cinerea


©Lexie Gersbeck and Gabi Howarth: Lunella cinerea from northern side of Palfrey Island near sandspit, Lizard Island Group.

©Lexie Gersbeck and Gabi Howarth: Lunella cinerea from northern side of Palfrey Island near sandspit, Lizard Island Group.

©Lexie Gersbeck and Gabi Howarth: Lunella cinerea from northern side of Palfrey Island near sandspit, Lizard Island Group.

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Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Mollusca
Class Gastropoda
Family Turbinidae
Genus Lunella
Species Lunella cinerea

Lizard Island area: all known taxa
Lizard Island Field Guide

Colours

                        

Distinguishing features

Distinguishing features still need to be specified.

Size

  • Up to 3.5 cm (according to Wilson, 1993)

Synonyms

Distribution


©Atlas of Living Australia: Australian distribution

Web resources

References

References that assist with identification

  • Wilson, B. (1993). Australian Marine Shells: 1. Prosobranch gastropods Odyssey Publishing, Kallaroo, Western Australia.

Other 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.