species: Canarium microurceus in Lizard Island area: all known taxa (Lizard Island Field Guide)
Canarium microurceus


©Lexie Gersbeck and Gabi Howarth: Canarium microurceus, the longer one about 2.5 cm long, on the NW side of Palfrey Island, Lizard Island Group.

©Lexie Gersbeck and Gabi Howarth: Canarium microurceus, the longest about 2.5 cm long, on the NW side of Palfrey Island, Lizard Island Group.

©Lexie Gersbeck and Gabi Howarth: Canarium microurceus, the longest about 2.5 cm long, on the NW side of Palfrey Island, Lizard Island Group.
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Mollusca
Class Gastropoda
Order Littorinimorpha
Family Strombidae
Genus Canarium
Species Canarium microurceus

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Distinguishing features

Distinguishing features still need to be specified.

Size

  • Up to 2.8 cm (length according to Wilson, 1993)

Synonyms

Similar taxa

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

  • 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.