Cantharidus nolfi

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Phylum:Mollusca
Order:Trochida
Cantharidus nolfi
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Trochida
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Trochidae
Genus: Cantharidus
Species:
C. nolfi
Binomial name
Cantharidus nolfi

Cantharidus nolfi is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Trochidae, the top snails.[2]

The length of the shell varies between 6.5 mm and 8.5 mm. This sea snail is a broadcast spawner resulting in embryos developing into planktonic trocophore larvae, juvenile veligers and finally becoming fully grown adults.[3] It is a deposit feeder and grazer.[4]

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