Steromphala pennanti | |
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A shell of Steromphala pennanti | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
Order: | Trochida |
Superfamily: | Trochoidea |
Family: | Trochidae |
Subfamily: | Cantharidinae |
Genus: | Steromphala |
Species: | S. pennanti
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Binomial name | |
Steromphala pennanti (Philippi, 1846)
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Synonyms[1] | |
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Steromphala pennanti is a species of small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Trochidae, the top snails.[1]
The species was named in honor of Thomas Pennant (1726 – 1798), a Welsh naturalist.