Serrata summa

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

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

Contents

The name comes from the Latin summus, similar to the English summit, referring to where the species was found, which was on the crest of a seamount. [3]

Description

The length of the shell attains 4.4 mm.

The shell is slender, solid, and opaque. It has a short spire and a narrow aperture. [3] Its dimensions are approximately 4.4 x 2.05 millimeters. [3]

Distribution

This marine species occurs off New Caledonia (depth range 266–267 m.). [3] It has been found in the locality of Norfolk Ridge. [3]

Similar species

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 summa Boyer, 2008 . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 24 April 2010.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 BOYER F. 2008. — The genus Serrata Jousseaume, 1875 (Caenogastropoda: Marginellidae) in New Caledonia, in HÉROS V., COWIE R. H. & BOUCHET P. (eds), Tropical Deep-Sea Benthos 25. Mémoires du Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle 196: 389-436. Paris ISBN   978-2-85653-614-8.


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