Vanikoro cuvieriana

Vanikoro cuvieriana
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Littorinimorpha
Superfamily: Vanikoroidea
Family: Vanikoridae
Genus: Vanikoro
Species: V. cuvieriana
Binomial name
Vanikoro cuvieriana
(Recluz, 1845)
Synonyms
  • Sigaretus cuvierianus Récluz, 1844 (basionym)
  • Vanikoro rosea Récluz, C., 1845

Vanikoro cuvieriana is a species of very small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Vanikoridae.[1]

Description

The size of an adult shell varies between 2.5 mm and 10 mm.

Distribution

This marine species is distributed in the Indian Ocean along the Mascarene Basin and in the Central Pacific Ocean.

References

  1. Vanikoro cuvieriana (Recluz, 1845). WoRMS (2009). Vanikoro cuvieriana (Recluz, 1845). Accessed through the World Register of Marine Species at http://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=208537 on 14 April 2011.

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