Biology:Vanikoro plicata

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Vanikoro plicata
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Vanikoridae
Genus: Vanikoro
Species:
V. plicata
Binomial name
Vanikoro plicata
(Récluz, 1844)

Vanikoro plicata is a species of very small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Vanikoridae.[1]

Description

It has a strongly ribbed surface, up to 2 centimeters wide. It lives under stones in the lower eulittoral and the sublittoral regions of the ocean.[1]

Distribution

It has been documented in Okinawa Island and the Mascarene Basin of the Indian Ocean.[1] It has also been documented in the Northern Red Sea near Egypt.[2] In addition, it was recorded off the coast of the island nation of Mauritius.[3]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Vanikoro plicata (Recluz, 1844). WoRMS (2009). Vanikoro plicata (Recluz, 1844). Accessed through the World Register of Marine Species at http://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=208535 on 14 August 2010 .
  2. Janssen, Ronald; Zuschin, Martin; Baal, Christian (February 18, 2011). "Gastropods and their habitats from the northern Red Sea (Egypt: Safaga) Part 2: Caenogastropoda: Sorbeoconcha and Littorinimorpha". Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien 113: 373–509. http://verlag.nhm-wien.ac.at/pdfs/113A_373510_Janssen.pdf. 
  3. Jay, M.; Drivas, J. (1987). "Coquillages de La Réunion et de l'Île Maurice. Collection Les Beautés de la Nature". Delachaux et Niestlé: Neuchâte: 159. ISBN 2-603-00654-1. 

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