Moelleria costulata

Moelleria costulata
Moelleria costulata shell
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Vetigastropoda
Superfamily:	Phasianelloidea
Family:	Colloniidae
Subfamily:	Moelleriinae
Genus:	Moelleria
Species:	M. costulata
Binomial name
Moelleria costulata (Møller, 1842) [1]
Synonyms
Adeorbis costulata(Møller, 1842) Verrill Cyclostrema costulata(Möller, 1842) Margarita (?) costulataMöller, 1842 (original combination) Margarita minutissimaMighels, 1843 Moelleria glabraVerkrüzen, 1877 Molleria costulata(Møller, 1842)

Moelleria costulata, common name the ribbed moelleria, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Colloniidae. ^[2]

Description

The size of the shell varies between 0.5 mm and 2.6 mm. The shell is ribbed longitudinally.

Distribution

This marine species occurs in circum-Arctic waters, off Alaska, in European waters, the Northwest Atlantic Ocean and down south to Morocco.

References

1. Möller, H. P. C. 1842. Index molluscorum Groenlandiae. Naturhistorisk Tidsskrift 4: 76–97.
2. Moelleria costulata (Møller, 1842) . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 19 June 2012.

• Mighels, J. W. 1843. Descriptions of six species of shells regarded as new. Boston Journal of Natural History 4: 345–350, pl. 16.
• Verkrüzen, T. A. 1877. Liste der von T. A. Verkrüzen in 1876 in Neufundland und Nova Scotia gesammelten Mollusken. Nachrichtsblatt der Deutschen Malakozoologischen Gesellschaft 9: 52–57.
• Turgeon, D.D., et al. 1998. Common and scientific names of aquatic invertebrates of the United States and Canada. American Fisheries Society Special Publication 26-page(s): 60
• Brunel, P., L. Bosse, & G. Lamarche. (1998). Catalogue of the marine invertebrates of the estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence. Canadian Special Publication of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 126. 405 p.
• Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 180–213
• Trott, T.J. 2004. Cobscook Bay inventory: a historical checklist of marine invertebrates spanning 162 years. Northeastern Naturalist (Special Issue 2): 261 – 324

External links

• "Moelleria costulata". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.