Serrata occidentalis

Serrata occidentalis
Shell of Serrata occidentalis (holotype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Marginellidae
Genus:	Serrata
Species:	S. occidentalis
Binomial name
Serrata occidentalis Boyer, 2008 [1]

Serrata occidentalis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Marginellidae, the margin snails. ^[2]

Description

The length of the shell attains 4.8 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off New Caledonia (depth range 350-465 m).

References

1. Boyer (2008). Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle 196 : 389–436. World Register of Marine Species, Retrieved 24 April 2010.
2. Serrata occidentalis Boyer, 2008 . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 24 April 2010.

• Boyer, F. (2008). The genus Serrata Jousseaume, 1875 (Caenogastropoda: Marginellidae) in New Caledonia. in: Héros, V. et al. (Ed.) Tropical Deep-Sea Benthos 25. Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle (1993). 196: 389-436