Lodderena ornata
| Lodderena ornata | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Clade: | Vetigastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Trochoidea (superfamily) |
| Family: | Skeneidae |
| Genus: | Lodderena |
| Species: | L. ornata |
| Binomial name | |
| Lodderena ornata (Olsson & McGinty, 1958) | |
| Synonyms | |
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Lodderena ornata is a species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Skeneidae.[1]
Description
The size of the shell is 0.8 mm.
Distribution
This marine species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off the Cape Verde Islands, the Gulf of Guinea, off Brazil; in the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean Sea. It has also been reported in the Indian Ocean.
References
- ↑ Lodderena ornata (Olsson & McGinty, 1958). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 21 April 2010.
- Olsson, A. A. and T. L. McGinty. 1958. Recent marine mollusks from the Caribbean coast of Panama with the description of some new genera and species. Bulletins of American Paleontology 39: 1-58, pls. 1-5.
- Rolán E., 2005. Malacological Fauna From The Cape Verde Archipelago. Part 1, Polyplacophora and Gastropoda
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