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Coriocella jayi n.sp. a new lamellariid species (Gastropoda: Prosobranchia) from Reunion and Mauritius

Author & date of last revision: admin on 20 November 2011
W. WELLENS,
(1996)

Abstract

Coriocella jayi n. sp. is described from five living specimens, four from Reunion and one from Mauritius. This species resembles Chelyonotus semperi (Bergh, 1886) and Coriocella hibyae Wellens, 1991, but differs from both in its size, number of dorsal bosses, colour and radula.

Keywords

Lamellariidae. Coriocella, Indian Ocean.
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