Curveulima dautzenbergi

Curveulima dautzenbergi
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
Superfamily: Eulimoidea
Family: Eulimidae
Genus: Curveulima
Species: C. dautzenbergi
Binomial name
Curveulima dautzenbergi
Pallary, 1900
Synonyms
  • Vitreolina dautzenbergi Pallary, 1900

Vitreolina dautzenbergi is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Eulimidae. The species is one of multiple known species to exist within the genus, Curveulima. The species was named in honor of Belgian malacologist, Philippe Dautzenberg (1849-1935).[1]

Description

The shell measures approximately 4 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the following locations:

References

  1. Pallary, 1900. Check List of European Marine Mollusca (look up in IMIS). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=180954 on 2013-01-09.

External links

External identifiers for Curveulima dautzenbergi
WoRMS 180954


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