Biology:Nannodiella vespuciana

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Short description: Species of gastropod

Nannodiella vespuciana
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Nannodiella vespuciana
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Clathurellidae
Genus: Nannodiella
Species:
N. vespuciana
Binomial name
Nannodiella vespuciana
(d'Orbigny, 1842)
Synonyms[1]
  • Clathurella antillarum d'Orbigny, 1842
  • Mangilia oxytata Bush, K.J., 1885
  • Pleurotoma vespuciana Orbigny, 1842

Nannodiella vespuciana, common name Vespucci's dwarf turrid, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Clathurellidae.[1][2]

Description

The shell grows to a length of 6 mm. The shell is whitish. The whorls are clathrate, slightly, narrowly shouldered.[3]

Distribution

This marine species occurs in the Caribbean Sea, the Gulf of Mexico and along Puerto Rico; along the Mid-Atlantic Ridge.

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Nannodiella vespuciana (d'Orbigny, 1842). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 18 August 2011.
  2. P. Bouchet; Yu. I. Kantor; A. Sysoev; N. Puillandre (2011). "A new operational classification of the Conoidea (Gastropoda)". Journal of Molluscan Studies 77 (3): 273–308. doi:10.1093/mollus/eyr017. https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00144/25544/23686.pdf. 
  3. George Washington Tryon, Manual of Conchology vol. VI, p. 279; 1884 (described as Clathurella antillarum)

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q3174701 entry