Vanikoro plicata

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Vanikoro plicata
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Vanikoro plicata
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Vanikoridae
Genus: Vanikoro
Species:
V. plicata
Binomial name
Vanikoro plicata
(Récluz, 1844)

Vanikoro plicata is a species of very small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Vanikoridae. [1]

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Description

It has a strongly ribbed surface, up to 2 centimeters wide. It lives under stones in the lower eulittoral and the sublittoral regions of the ocean. [1]

Distribution

It has been documented in Okinawa Island and the Mascarene Basin of the Indian Ocean. [1] It has also been documented in the Northern Red Sea near Egypt. [2] In addition, it was recorded off the coast of the island nation of Mauritius. [3]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 Vanikoro plicata (Recluz, 1844) . WoRMS (2009). Vanikoro plicata (Recluz, 1844). Accessed through the World Register of Marine Species at http://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=208535 on 14 August 2010 .
  2. Janssen, Ronald; Zuschin, Martin; Baal, Christian (February 18, 2011). "Gastropods and their habitats from the northern Red Sea (Egypt: Safaga) Part 2: Caenogastropoda: Sorbeoconcha and Littorinimorpha" (PDF). Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien. 113: 373–509.
  3. Jay, M.; Drivas, J. (1987). "Coquillages de La Réunion et de l'Île Maurice. Collection Les Beautés de la Nature". Delachaux et Niestlé: Neuchâte: 159. ISBN   2-603-00654-1.