Biology:Zebinella planata

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Short description: Species of gastropod

Zebinella planata
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Superfamily: [[Biology:|Rissooidea]]
Family: Rissoinidae
Genus: Zebinella
Species:
Z. planata
Binomial name
Zebinella planata
(Dall, 1892)
Synonyms[1]

Rissoina decussata var. planata Dall, 1892

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

Description

The length of the shell attains 8.3 mm, its diameter 3 mm.

(Original description) The species differs slightly from Zebinella decussata (Montagu, 1803), being proportionately wider, with the whorls flatter, the sculpture less sharply defined and tending to become obsolete. The shell is also somewhat larger. [2]

Distribution

Fossils of this species were found in Tertiary strata in Florida, USA.

References

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q106119727 entry