Costosyrnola nitidissima

Costosyrnola nitidissima
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura
clade Panpulmonata
Superfamily: Pyramidelloidea
Family: Pyramidellidae
Genus: Costosyrnola
Species: C. nitidissima
Binomial name
Costosyrnola nitidissima
(Issel, 1869)
Synonyms[1]
  • Turbonilla nitidissima Issel, 1869

Costosyrnola nitidissima is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pyramidellidae, the pyrams and their allies. The species is one of two known species to exist within the genus, Costosyrnola. The other species being Costosyrnola thailandica. [1]

Distribution

Much like many other mollusks in this family of gastropods, this species occurs mainly throughout the Red Sea.

References

  1. 1 2 Rosenberg, G. (2011). Costosyrnola nitidissima (Issel, 1869). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=588619 on 2011-11-29

External links

External identifiers for Costosyrnola nitidissima
WoRMS 588619


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