Fautrix candida is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Calliostomatidae.[1] Fautrix candida was identified by Dr. Bruce Marshall in 2007.[2]

Fautrix candida
Shell of Fautrix candida (holotype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Trochida
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Calliostomatidae
Genus: Fautrix
Species:
F. candida
Binomial name
Fautrix candida
Marshall, 1995

Description

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Fautrix candida grows to a maximum height of 14 millimetres and a maximum width of 13 millimetres.[3]

Distribution

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Fautrix candida is endemic to the areas of Wanganella Bank on the south side of Norfolk Ridge at a depth of up to 356 metres, as well as around Three Kings Islands at depths between 200 and 805 metres and off the coast of southern New Caledonia at depths between 470 and 550 metres.[4]

References

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  1. ^ Fautrix candida Marshall, 1995. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 22 April 2010.
  2. ^ "marine snail, Fautrix candida B. Marshall, 1995". Museum of New Zealand. Retrieved 31 August 2019.
  3. ^ "Fautrix candida Marshall, 1995". New Zealand Mollusca. Retrieved 31 August 2019.
  4. ^ "Fautrix candida Marshall, 1995". New Zealand Mollusca. Retrieved 31 August 2019.
  • Marshall, B.A. (1995). Calliostomatidae (Gastropoda: Trochoidea) from New Caledonia, the Loyalty Islands and the northern Lord Howe Rise. pp. 381–458 in Bouchet, P. (ed.). Résultats des Campagnes MUSORSTOM, Vol. 14 . Mém. Mus. nat. Hist. nat. 167 : 381-458