Nannodiella oxia

Nannodiella oxia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Clathurellidae[1]
Genus: Nannodiella
Species: N. oxia
Binomial name
Nannodiella oxia
(Bush, 1885)
Synonyms[2]
  • Mangilia oxia Bush, 1885
  • Nannodiella melanitica oxia (f) (Bush, K.J., 1885)

Nannodiella oxia, common name the glassy dwarf turrid, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Clathurellidae.[2]

Description

The shell grows to a length of 5 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean Sea; in the Atlantic Ocean along North Carolina.

References

  1. P. Bouchet, Yu. I. Kantor, A. Sysoev & N. Puillandre (2011). "A new operational classification of the Conoidea (Gastropoda)". Journal of Molluscan Studies 77 (3): 273–308. doi:10.1093/mollus/eyr017.
  2. 1 2 Nannodiella oxia (Bush, 1885).  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 19 August 2011.

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