Iphinopsis boucheti
| Iphinopsis boucheti | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Cancellarioidea |
| Family: | Cancellariidae |
| Genus: | Iphinopsis |
| Species: | I. boucheti |
| Binomial name | |
| Iphinopsis boucheti Okutani, Hashimoto & Sasaki, 2004[1] | |
Iphinopsis boucheti is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cancellariidae, the nutmeg snails.[2]
The specific name boucheti is in honor of French malacologist Philippe Bouchet.[1]
Distribution
Map of southern part of the Central Indian Ridge (CIR) showing location of the Kairei hydrothermal vent site.
The type locality is the Kairei hydrothermal vent site on the Central Indian Ridge, just north of the Rodrigues Triple Point.[1]
References
- 1 2 3 Okutani T., Hashimoto J. & Sasaki T. (2004). "New gastropod taxa from a hydrothermal vent (Kairei Field) in the central Indian Ocean". Venus 63(1-2): 1-10 PDF.
- ↑ Iphinopsis boucheti Okutani, Hashimoto & Sasaki, 2004. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 6 April 2010.
External links
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