Chrysallida fenestrata

Chrysallida fenestrata
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]
  • Tragula fenestrata (Jeffreys, 1848)
  • Turbonilla rigacci Conti, A., 1864
  • Turbonilla weinkauffi Dunker, R.W., 1862

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]

References

  1. 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
  2. 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
  3. 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]
  4. 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
Encyclopedia of Life 4812425
WoRMS 140911
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