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Emblanda

Emblanda emblematica is a species of sea snail, a marine aquatic operculate gastropod molluscs in the clade Littorinimorpha.

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Emblanda
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Superfamily: Rissooidea
Family: Emblandidae
Ponder, 19852
Genus: Emblanda
Ponder, 1985
Species:
E. emblematica
Binomial name
Emblanda emblematica
(Hedley, 1906)1
Synonyms
  • Rissoa emblematica Hedley, 1906
  • Anabathron emblematicum (Hedley, 1906)

Emblanda emblematica is a species of sea snail, a marine aquatic operculate gastropod molluscs in the clade Littorinimorpha.

Emblanda emblematica is the sole species in the genus Emblanda, which itself is the only genus within the family Emblandidae.

Distribution

This species occurs in southeastern Australia.3

References

References

  1. Hedley C. (31 December) 1906. Studies on Australian Mollusca. Part IX.. Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S.W, 30.
  2. Ponder W.F. 1985. The anatomy and relationship of Emblanda emblematica (Hedley) (Mollusca: Mesogastropods: Emblandidae n. fam.) Records of the Australian Museum 37(6), 343-351. Emblandidae is on page 350.
  3. Species: Emblanda emblematica - map. accessed 28 July 2009.