Serrata stylaster

Serrata stylaster
Shell of Serrata stylaster (holotype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Marginellidae
Genus:	Serrata
Species:	S. stylaster
Binomial name
Serrata stylaster (Boyer, 2001) [1]
Synonyms [2]
Dentimargo stylasterBoyer, 2001 (basionym)

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

Description

The shell grows to a length of 4.7 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Pacific Ocean off New Caledonia.

References

1. Boyer (2001). Novapex 2 (4) : 157–169. World Register of Marine Species, Retrieved 24 April 2010.
2. Serrata stylaster (Boyer, 2001) . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 14 February 2011.

• Boyer F. (2001). Espèces nouvelles de Marginellidae du niveau bathyal de la Nouvelle-Calédonie. Novapex 2(4): 157–169
• Boyer F. (2008) The genus Serrata Jousseaume, 1875 (Caenogastropoda: Marginellidae) in New Caledonia. In: V. Héros, R.H. Cowie & P. Bouchet (eds), Tropical Deep-Sea Benthos 25. Mémoires du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle 196: 389–436. page(s): 421