Carinapex minutissima

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Carinapex minutissima
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Horaiclavidae
Genus: Carinapex
Species:
C. minutissima
Binomial name
Carinapex minutissima
(Garrett, 1873)
Synonyms [1]

Drillia minutissimaGarrett, 1873

Carinapex minutissima is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Horaiclavidae.

Contents

It was previously included within the subfamily Crassispirinae in the family Turridae. [1]

Description

The length of the shell varies between 2 mm and 3 mm.

(Original description) The minute, solid shell has an elongate ovate shape. The lightbrown spire is rather short. It contains 6 whorls, spirally granulated. The granulesare rather large, closely set, disposed in two rows on the whorls of the spire, the lower one the larger. The base is contracted and spirally ridged. The aperture is ovate, deep-brown, one-third the length of the shell. The posterior sinus is large, circular, margins nearly united. The peristome is rather sharp and strongly arched. The columella is smooth and nearly vertical. [2] [3]

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Hawaii, the Philippines, Taiwan and Réunion

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References

  1. 1 2 Carinapex minutissima . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 4 April 2010.
  2. ↑ Garrett A. (1873). New species of marine shells inhabiting the South Sea islands. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia , 25: 209–231, pl. 2–3
  3. ↑ Charles Howard Edmondson (December 1977). Reef and Shore Fauna of Hawaii. Bishop Museum. p. 126. ISBN   0910240221.
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