Faunus ater

Faunus ater
A shell of Faunus ater
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Sorbeoconcha
Superfamily:
Cerithioidea
Family:
Pachychilidae
Genus:
Faunus

Species:
F. ater
Binomial name
Faunus ater
(Linnaeus, 1758)
Faunus ater (Linnaeus, 1758). Museum specimens.

Faunus ater is a species of brackish water snail with an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Pachychilidae.[1]

Faunus ater is the only species within the genus Faunus.[1]

  1. ^ a b Lok A. F. S. L., Ang W. F., Ng P. X., Ng B. Y. Q. & Tan S. K. (2011). "Status and distribution of Faunus ater (Linnaeus, 1758) (Mollusca: Cerithioidea) in Singapore". Nature in Singapore 4: 115-121. PDF.