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
Colours
Distinguishing features
Distinguishing features still need to be specified.
Size
- Up to 2.8 cm (length according to Wilson, 1993)
Synonyms
Similar taxa
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Animalia:
species: Canarium mutabile
has distinctive shell colouration, especially the dark patch at the anterior end (Wilson, 1993)
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.