Serrata stylaster

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Serrata stylaster
Serrata stylaster (MNHN-IM-2000-20748).jpeg
Shell of Serrata stylaster (holotype at MNHN, Paris)
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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]

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Description

The shell dimensions are in length of 4.70 mm and width of 2.35 mm. It is ovate bicanonical in shape and opaque. The color is white, spire pale golden. [3]


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. 1 2 Serrata stylaster (Boyer, 2001) . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 14 February 2011.
  3. Boyer, Franck (2008). "The genus Serrata Jousseaume" (PDF). Mémoires dy Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle. Retrieved 16 November 2025.