Zebinella paumotuensis

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Zebinella paumotuensis
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Shell of Zebinella paumotuensis (holotype)
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Superfamily: Rissooidea
Family: Rissoinidae
Genus: Zebinella
Species:
Z. paumotuensis
Binomial name
Zebinella paumotuensis
(Couturier, 1907)
Synonyms [1]

Rissoina zeltneri var. paumotuensisCouturier, 1907 ·

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Zebinella paumotuensis is a species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Rissoinidae. [1]

Description

The length of the shell attains 5 mm, its diameter 1½ mm.

(Original description in French) The solid shell is quite thick. It is white and shiny. It bears numerous thin, oblique longitudinal ribs on the whorls. They fade towards the base of the body whorl, where they are replaced by spiral striae. [2]

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Tahiti.

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