Biology:Sorgenfreispira africana

Short description: Species of gastropod

Sorgenfreispira africana
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Mangeliidae
Genus:	Sorgenfreispira
Species:	S. africana
Binomial name
Sorgenfreispira africana Ardovini, 2004
Synonyms
Bela africana Ardovini, 2008 (Described a second time by the same author on the erroneous assumption that his first publication at the rank of subspecies was invalid) Bela brachystoma africana Ardovini, 2004 (basionym)

Sorgenfreispira africana is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mangeliidae.

Description

The adult shell grows to a length of 4 mm, its diameter 1.6 mm.

Distribution

This species is found in the Atlantic Ocean off Senegal and Angola.

References

• Ardovini R. (2004). Due nuove specie e una nuova sottospecie di Turridae dal Senegal, West Africa. Malacologia Mostra Mondiale 43: 7-9.
• Mariottini, P., Di Giulio, A., Smriglio, C. & Oliverio, M. (2008) Notes on the Bela brachystoma complex, with description of a new species (Mollusca, Gastropoda: Conidae). Aldrovandia 4: 3-20.
• Ardovini R. (2008) Bela africana sp. n. (Gastropoda, Turridae) West Africa, Senegal. Malacologia Mostra Mondiale 58: 12-13.

External links

• Bouchet P., Kantor Yu.I., Sysoev A. & Puillandre N. (2011) A new operational classification of the Conoidea. Journal of Molluscan Studies 77: 273-308.
• Mariottini P., Di Giulio A., Smriglio C. & Oliverio M. (2015). Additional notes on the systematics and new records of East Atlantic species of the genus Sorgenfreispira Moroni, 1979 (Gastropoda Mangeliidae). Biodiversity Journal. 6(1): 431-440
• "Sorgenfreispira africana" (in en). Gastropods.com. http://www.gastropods.com/3/Shell_33373.shtml. 

Wikidata ☰ Q3283733 entry