Biology:Peasiella isseli
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Short description: Species of gastropod
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Littorinimorpha |
| Family: | Littorinidae |
| Genus: | Peasiella |
| Species: | P. isseli
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| Peasiella isseli (Issel, 1869)
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Peasiella isseli is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Littorinidae, the winkles or periwinkles.[1]
Description
The height of the shell attains 4 mm, its diameter also 4 mm. The small, imperforate, greenish shell has a conoid shape. It contains minute, transverse striae. The apex is obtuse. The 41⁄2 whorls increase slowly in size. They are slightly convex and have a distinct suture. The body whorl takes up half of the total length. Its base is angulated and shows on its lower parts four concentric ribs. The oblique aperture is subcircular.[2]
Distribution
This species occurs in the Red Sea on coral reefs.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Peasiella isseli (Issel, 1869)" (in en). https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=216915.
- ↑ Issel A. (1869), Malacologia del Mar Rosso : ricerche zoologiche e paleontologiche / di Arturo Issel ; memoria letta al congresso dei Naturalisti Italiani in Vicenza nel 1868
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