Chrysallida fenestrata
| Chrysallida fenestrata | |
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| Shell of Chrysallida fenestrata | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Heterobranchia clade Euthyneura clade Panpulmonata |
| Superfamily: | Pyramidelloidea |
| Family: | Pyramidellidae |
| Genus: | Chrysallida |
| Species: | C. fenestrata |
| Binomial name | |
| Chrysallida fenestrata (Jeffreys, 1848) | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Chrysallida fenestrata is an ectoparasitic species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pyramidellidae, the pyrams and their allies. The species is one of multiple known species within the Chrysallida genus of gastropods. [1][2][3][4]
Description
The shell grows to a length of approximately 3 mm.
Distribution
This species has a wide distribution and occurs in the following locations:[1]
- European waters (ERMS scope)
- Greek Exclusive Economic Zone
- Portuguese Exclusive Economic Zone
- Spanish Exclusive Economic Zone
- United Kingdom Exclusive Economic Zone
- the Black Sea
- The Atlantic Ocean off the coasts of countries of West Africa, Angola, Gabon, Namibia.
References
- 1 2 3 Gofas, S. (2011). Chrysallida fenestrata (Jeffreys, 1848). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=140911 on 2011-10-26
- ↑ Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 180-213
- ↑ van der Linden J. & Eikenboom J.C.A. (1992) On the taxonomy of the Recent species of the genus Chrysallida Carpenter from Europe, the Canary Islands and the Azores. Basteria 56: 3-63. [15 June 1992]
- ↑ Peñas A. & Rolán E. (1998). La familia Pyramidellidae Gray, 1840 (Mollusca, Gastropoda) en África Occidental. 3. El género Chrysallida s.l. Iberus, suppl. 4 : 1-73.
External links
| External identifiers for Chrysallida fenestrata | |
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| Encyclopedia of Life | 4812425 |
| WoRMS | 140911 |
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