Murchisonella anabathron explained

Murchisonella anabathron, common name the platform pyramid-shell, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Murchisonellidae, the pyrams and their allies.^[1]

Distribution

This species occurs off Eastern Australia, New South Wales and Tasmania; also off New Caledonia.

References

• May, W.L. (1923). An Illustrated Index of Tasmanian Shells. Hobart : Government Printer. 100 pp
• Iredale, T. & McMichael, D.F. (1962). A reference list of the marine Mollusca of New South Wales. Memoirs of the Australian Museum. 11 : 1-109
• Peñas A. & Rolán E. (2013) Revision of the genera Murchisonella and Pseudoaclisina (Gastropoda, Heterobranchia, Murchisonellidae). Vita Malacologica 11: 15–64.

External links

• World Register of Marine Species

Notes and References

1. Bouchet, P.; Marshall, B. (2015). Murchisonella anabathron (Hedley, 1906). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=720493 on 2015-04-14