Zebinella striatocostata

Zebinella striatocostata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Littorinimorpha
Superfamily: Rissooidea
Family: Rissoinidae
Genus: Zebinella
Species: R. striatocostata
Binomial name
Rissoina striatocostata
(d’Orbigny, 1842)
Synonyms[1]
  • Rissoa striatocostata d'Orbigny, 1842
  • Rissoa affinis C. B. Adams, 1845
  • Rissoina striatocostata (d’Orbigny, 1842)

Zebinella striatocostata is a species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Rissoinidae.[2]

Description

The size of the shell varies between 4 mm and 6 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico; in the Atlantic Ocean off Brazil.

References

  1. Malacolog : Rissoina striatocostata
  2. Zebinella striatocostata (d’Orbigny, 1842). WoRMS (2010). Zebinella striatocostata (d’Orbigny, 1842). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.eu/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=731915 on 9 August 2010.

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