Biology:Sveltia splendidula

Short description: Species of gastropod

Sveltia splendidula
Shell of Sveltia splendidula (holotype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Cancellarioidea
Family:	Cancellariidae
Genus:	Sveltia
Species:	S. splendidula
Binomial name
Sveltia splendidula Bouchet & Petit, 2002

Sveltia splendidula is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cancellariidae, the nutmeg snails.

Description

The length of the shell attains 10.9 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off New Caledonia.

External links

• Bouchet P. & Petit R.E. (2002). New species of deep-water Cancellariidae (Gastropoda) from the southwestern Pacific. The Nautilus 116(3): 95-104

Wikidata ☰ Q7651916 entry