Interesting Facts
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Description
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Habitat
Typically found in the intertidal zone at the water's edge at a mean distance from sea level of 16 meters (54 feet).[1]
Biome: Coastal.
Taxonomy
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- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
)
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- animals
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
)
- (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
- Branch:
Protostomia
(
)
- Grobben, 1908
- Infrakingdom:
Lophotrochozoa
(
)
- Superphylum:
Eutrochozoa
(
)
- Phylum:
Mollusca
(
)
- (C. Linnaeus, 1758) Cuvier, 1795
- Molluscs
- Class:
Gastropoda
(
)
- Cuvier, 1795
- Snails and Slugs
- Subclass:
Orthogastropoda
(
)
- Ponder & Lindberg, 1996
- Superorder:
Caenogastropoda
(
)
- Cox, 1960
- Order:
Sorbeoconcha
(
)
- Ponder & Lindberg, 1997
- Suborder:
Hypsogastropoda
(
)
- Ponder & Lindberg, 1997
- Infraorder:
Ptenoglossa
(
)
- J.E. Gray, 1853
- Superfamily:
Triphoroidea
(
)
- J.E. Gray, 1847
- Family:
Triphoridae
(
)
- J.E. Gray, 1847
- Subfamily:
Triphorinae
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)
- Genus:
Aclophora
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)
- Laseron, 1958
- Specific name:
hedleyi
- Scientific name: - Aclophora hedleyi
- Specific name:
hedleyi
- Genus:
Aclophora
(
- Subfamily:
Triphorinae
(
- Family:
Triphoridae
(
- Superfamily:
Triphoroidea
(
- Infraorder:
Ptenoglossa
(
- Suborder:
Hypsogastropoda
(
- Order:
Sorbeoconcha
(
- Superorder:
Caenogastropoda
(
- Subclass:
Orthogastropoda
(
- Class:
Gastropoda
(
- Phylum:
Mollusca
(
- Superphylum:
Eutrochozoa
(
- Infrakingdom:
Lophotrochozoa
(
- Branch:
Protostomia
(
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
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Members of the genus Aclophora
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Notes
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Contributors
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed February 1, 2012.
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal November 15, 2007:
- Academy of Natural Sciences, Academy of Natural Sciences OBIS Mollusc Database [Darwin Core]
- OZCAM
- Provider, Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 1905270
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 14742578
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 2667139
Footnotes
- Standard Deviation = 29.490 based on 6 observations. Terrestrial altitude and ocean depth information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]
