Biology:Zebinella albida

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Short description: Species of gastropod

Zebinella albida
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Superfamily: [[Biology:|Rissooidea]]
Family: Rissoinidae
Genus: Zebinella
Species:
Z. albida
Binomial name
Zebinella albida
(C. B. Adams, 1845)
Synonyms[1]

Rissoa albida C. B. Adams, 1845 (original combination)

Zebinella albida is a species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Rissoinidae.[1]

Description

(Original description in Latin) The large white shell is transparent. The protoconch is very sharp. The shell contains 10 whorls. The sculpture shows several very slender ribs, worn to the lower part of each, and running down with very slender striations, neatly cut off. There are deeper striations near the suture. The aperture is narrow. The outer lip is separated from the lip above the sinus.[2]

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Jamaica, Caribbean Sea.

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 MolluscaBase eds. (2023). MolluscaBase. Zebinella albida (C. B. Adams, 1845). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=765814 on 2023-10-24
  2. Adams, C. B. (1845). Specierum novarum conchyliorum, in Jamaica repertorum, synopsis. Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History. 2: 1-17

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