Cerithiopsis nana

Cerithiopsis nana
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda

clade Hypsogastropoda
informal group Ptenoglossa

Superfamily: Triphoroidea
Family: Cerithiopsidae
Genus: Cerithiopsis
Species: C. nana
Binomial name
Cerithiopsis nana
Jeffreys, 1867
Synonyms[1]
  • Cerithiopsis tubercularis var. nana Jeffreys, 1867 (original rank as variety)
  • Nanopsis nana (Jeffreys, 1867)

Cerithiopsis nana is a species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Cerithiopsidae.[1]

The species was described by Jeffreys in 1867.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Mediterranean Sea off Italy and in the Atlantic Ocean off Portugal.

References

  1. 1 2 Gofas, S.; Bouchet, P. (2014). Cerithiopsis nana Jeffreys, 1867. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=195912 on 2014-12-07
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