Biology:Granulina occulta

Short description: Species of gastropod

Granulina occulta
Shell of Granulina occulta (syntype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Granulinidae
Genus:	Granulina
Species:	G. occulta
Binomial name
Granulina occulta (Monterosato, 1869)
Synonyms
Gibberulina occulta (Monterosato, 1869) Marginella occulta Monterosato, 1869 (original combination) Marginella occulta var. minor Sturany, 1896 (dubious syn.) Volutella parvulina Locard, 1897 Volutella parvulina var. curta Locard, 1897

Granulina occulta is a species of very small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Granulinidae.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off Morocco.

References

• Monterosato T. A. (di) (1869 (15 ottobre)). Testacei nuovi dei mari di Sicilia. Palermo 18 pp + 1 tav
• Boyer F., Renda W. & Öztürk B. (2020). The genus Granulina (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Neogastropoda) from the Turkish coasts with taxonomical notes on some Mediterranean species. Ege Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences. 37(1): 65–83

External links

• Locard, A. (1897–1898). Expéditions scientifiques du Travailleur et du Talisman pendant les années 1880, 1881, 1882 et 1883. Mollusques testacés. Paris, Masson. vol. 1 [1897], pp. 1–516 pl. 1–22; vol. 2 [1898], pp. 1–515, pl. 1–18
• Sturany, R. (1896). Zoologische Ergebnisse VII. Mollusken I (Prosobranchier und Opisthobranchier; Scaphopoden; Lamellibranchier) gesammelt von S.M. Schiff "Pola" 1890-1894. Denkschriften der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Mathematische-Naturwissenschaftlischen Classe. 63: 1–36, pl. 1–2
• Gofas S. (1992) Le genre Granulina (Marginellidae) en Méditerranée et dans l'Atlantique oriental. Bollettino Malacologico 28(1-4): 1–26

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