Class Gastropoda Rank Species | Phylum Mollusca Scientific name Roburnella wilsoni | |
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Genus RoburnellaEv. Marcus, 1982 Similar Lobiger, Juliidae, Oxynoe, Placida, Stiliger | ||
Roburnella wilsoni is a species of small sea snail or bubble snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Oxynoidae.
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Roburnella wilsoni is the only species in the genus Roburnella.
The specific name "wilsoni" is apparently in honor of U.K./Australian malacologist John Bracebridge Wilson (1828-1895), who collected the type specimen.
Distribution
The type locality for this species is from Port Phillip, Victoria, Australia.
Description
Roburnella wilsoni was described based on collection of U.K./Australian malacologist John Bracebridge Wilson (1828-1895). It was originally described (under name Lobiger Wilsoni) by Australian biologist of British origin Ralph Tate in 1889.
The original text (the type description) reads as follows:
References
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