Ganesa nitidiuscula

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Ganesa nitidiuscula
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Drawing with an apertural view of a shell of Ganesa nitidiuscula
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Trochida
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Skeneidae
Genus: Ganesa
Species:
G. nitidiuscula
Binomial name
Ganesa nitidiuscula
Jeffreys, 1883
Synonyms

Cyclostrema (Ganesa) nitidiusculaJeffreys, 1883

Ganesa nitidiuscula is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Skeneidae. [1]

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Description

The diameter of the shell is 3.1 mm. The shell is rimate, opaque, and rather glossy. It shows remote, flexuous growth striae. The sharp peristome is simple and is interrupted by the parietal wall. [2]

Distribution

This species occurs in the North Sea between the Hebrides and the Faroe Islands.

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