Rugulina tenuis

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Rugulina tenuis
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Family: Pendromidae
Genus: Rugulina
Species:
R. tenuis
Binomial name
Rugulina tenuis
(Thiele, 1912)
Synonyms [1]
  • Trachysma tenueThiele, 1912

Rugulina tenuis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pendromidae. [1] [2] [3]

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Description

The shell grows to a length of 2.5 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Weddell Sea, Antarctica.

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References

  1. 1 2 Rosenberg, G. (2012). Rugulina tenuis (Thiele, 1912). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=533392 on 2012-12-23
  2. Warén, A. (1991). New and little known Mollusca from Iceland and Scandinavia. Sarsia 76: 53-124
  3. Engl W. (2012) Shells of Antarctica. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. 402 pp.