Vacerrena nana

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Vacerrena nana
Puncturella (Vacerrena) christiaensi (10.3897-afrinvertebr.61.51989) Figure 11.jpg
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Lepetellida
Family: Fissurellidae
Subfamily: Emarginulinae
Genus: Vacerrena
Species:
V. nana
Binomial name
Vacerrena nana
(H. Adams, 1872)
Synonyms [1]
  • Cemoria nana Adams, 1872 (original combination)
  • Fissurisepta joschristiaensisDrivas & Jay, 1985
  • Puncturella (Vacerrena) christiaensiKilburn, 1978
  • Puncturella christiaensiKilburn, 1978
  • Puncturella nana(H. Adams, 1872)

Vacerrena nana is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Fissurellidae, the keyhole limpets and slit limpets. [1]

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Description

The length of the shell attains 2 mm, the width 1¼ mm, the height 2 mm.

The rather solid shel is elevated-conic. It is sculptured with 15 radiating ribs, the front ones wider apart. The apex is acute and strongly recurved. The aperture is oval. [2]

Distribution

This marine species occurs in the Red Sea.

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References

  1. 1 2 MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Vacerrena nana (H. Adams, 1872). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=865087 on 2020-09-24
  2. G.W. Tryon (1890), Manual of Conchology vol. XII