Nannodiella vespuciana
| Nannodiella vespuciana | |
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| Nannodiella vespuciana | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Clathurellidae[1] |
| Genus: | Nannodiella |
| Species: | N. vespuciana |
| Binomial name | |
| Nannodiella vespuciana (d'Orbigny, 1842) | |
| Synonyms[2] | |
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Nannodiella vespuciana, common name Vespucci's 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 6 mm. The shell is whitish. The whorls are clathrate, slightly, narrowly shouldered. [3]
Distribution
This marine species occurs in the Caribbean Sea, the Gulf of Mexico and along Puerto Rico; along the Mid-Atlantic Ridge.
References
- ↑ 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.
- 1 2 Nannodiella vespuciana (d'Orbigny, 1842). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 18 August 2011.
- ↑ George Washington Tryon, Manual of Conchology vol. VI, p. 279; 1884 (described as Clathurella antillarum)
- Rosenberg, G., F. Moretzsohn, and E. F. García. 2009. Gastropoda (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 579–699 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas
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