Nodicostellaria kaicherae

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Nodicostellaria kaicherae
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Nodicostellaria kaicherae (specimen at the Smithsonian Institution)
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Turbinelloidea
Family: Costellariidae
Genus: Nodicostellaria
Species:
N. kaicherae
Binomial name
Nodicostellaria kaicherae
(Petuch, 1979)
Synonyms [1]
  • Costellaria kaicheraePetuch, 1979
  • Vexillum (Costellaria) kaicheraePetuch, 1979 superseded combination
  • Vexillum (Costellaria) lixaPetuch, 1979
  • Vexillum (Nodicostellaria) kaicherae(Petuch, 1979)
  • Vexillum lixaPetuch, 1979

Nodicostellaria kaicherae is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk, in the family Costellariidae, the ribbed miters. [1]

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Description

The only reported location of Nodicostellaria kaicherae is in the Atlantic Ocean just east of the Caribbean Sea and off the north-east coast of Venezuela.

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References

  1. 1 2 MolluscaBase (2018). Nodicostellaria kaicherae (Petuch, 1979). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=714619 on 2018-12-31