Vitreolina perminima

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Vitreolina perminima
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Drawing of a shell of Vitreolina perminima
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Eulimidae
Genus: Vitreolina
Species:
V. perminima
Binomial name
Vitreolina perminima
(Jeffreys, 1883)
Synonyms

Eulima perminimaJeffreys, 1883

Vitreolina perminima is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Eulimidae. The species is one of a number within the genus Vitreolina . [1]

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Distribution

This species occurs in the North Atlantic Ocean and in the Mediterranean Sea

Description

This micromullusc measures only 1.25 mm long. The shell is slender and rather solid. It is semitransparent and white, lightly tinged with yellowish brown on the body whorl. The apex is bluntly pointed. The shell contains 6 to 7 whorls, compressed and compact. [2]

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References

  1. Gofas, S. (2014). Vitreolina perminima (Jeffreys, 1883). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=139902 on 2014-12-16
  2. G.W. Tryon (1886) Manual of Conchology v; VIII (described as Eulima perminima)