Biology:Gabrielona pisinna

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Short description: Species of gastropod

Gabrielona pisinna
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Trochida
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Phasianellidae
Subfamily: Gabrieloninae
Genus: Gabrielona
Species:
G. pisinna
Binomial name
Gabrielona pisinna
Robertson, 1973

Gabrielona pisinna, common name the tiny pheasant, is a species of small sea snail with calcareous opercula, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Phasianellidae, the pheasant snails.[1]

Description

The size of the shell varies between 0.34 mm and 1.1 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Indian Ocean off Mauritius and in the Pacific Ocean off New Caledonia

References

  1. Rosenberg, G. (2012). Gabrielona pisinna Robertson, 1973. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=594541 on 2013-02-10

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q5516109 entry