Nannodiella vespuciana

Nannodiella vespuciana
Nannodiella vespuciana
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Clathurellidae
Genus:	Nannodiella
Species:	N. vespuciana
Binomial name
Nannodiella vespuciana (d'Orbigny, 1842)
Synonyms [1]
Clathurella antillarum d'Orbigny, 1842 Mangilia oxytata Bush, K.J., 1885 Pleurotoma vespucianaOrbigny, 1842

Nannodiella vespuciana, common name Vespucci's dwarf turrid, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Clathurellidae. ^{[1] [2]}

Description

The shell grows to a length of 6 mm (0.24 in). The shell is whitish. The whorls are clathrate, slightly, narrowly shouldered. ^[3]

Distribution

This marine species occurs in the Caribbean Sea, the Gulf of Mexico and along Puerto Rico; along the Mid-Atlantic Ridge.

References

1. Nannodiella vespuciana (d'Orbigny, 1842) . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 18 August 2011.
2. P. Bouchet; Yu. I. Kantor; A. Sysoev; N. Puillandre (2011). "A new operational classification of the Conoidea (Gastropoda)" (PDF). Journal of Molluscan Studies . 77 (3): 273–308. doi: 10.1093/mollus/eyr017 .
3. George Washington Tryon, Manual of Conchology vol. VI, p. 279; 1884 (described as Clathurella antillarum)

General References

• Rosenberg, G., F. Moretzsohn, and E. F. García. 2009. Gastropoda (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, pp. 579–699 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas

External links

• Nannodiella vespuciana on Gastropods by Eddie Hardy