Fossarus lamellosus

Fossarus lamellosus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Planaxidae.[1]

Fossarus lamellosus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Sorbeoconcha
Superfamily:
Cerithioidea
Family:
Planaxidae
Subfamily:
Fossariinae
Genus:
Fossarus
Species:
F. lamellosus
Binomial name
Fossarus lamellosus
Mountrouzier
Synonyms

Littorina lamellosa Souverbie, 1861

Distribution

This species occurs in the Red Sea and in the Indian Ocean off the Aldabra Atoll.

References
  1. Fossarus lamellosus Mountrouzier. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 7 July 2012.
  • Taylor, J.D. (1971). Intertidal Zonation at Aldabra Atoll. Phil. Trns. Roy. Soc. Lond. B. 260, 173–213


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