Nannodiella vespuciana

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Nannodiella vespuciana
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Nannodiella vespuciana
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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]

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Description

The shell grows to a length of 6 mm. 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.

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References

  1. 1 2 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)