Granigyra tenera

Granigyra tenera
Drawing with an apertural view of the shell of Granigyra tenera
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Vetigastropoda
Superfamily: Seguenzioidea (unassigned)
Genus: Granigyra
Species: G. tenera
Binomial name
Granigyra tenera
(Jeffreys, 1883)
Synonyms

Cyclostrema tenera Jeffreys 1883

Granigyra tenera is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk, unassigned in the superfamily Seguenzioidea.[1]

Description

The shell grows to a height of 1.8 mm. The thin shell is narrowly umbilicated. It is semitransparent, lustreless, with nearly microscopic spiral stride, which are wanting on the base and replaced by a rugose or fretted appearance. The color of the shell is pale yellowish white, with a faint greenish tinge. The four whorls are convex. The suture is very deep. The aperture is circular. The thin peristome is slightly expanded.[2]

Distribution

This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off Portugal.

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