Zebinella planata

Zebinella planata
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Littorinimorpha
Superfamily:	Rissooidea
Family:	Rissoinidae
Genus:	Zebinella
Species:	†Z. planata
Binomial name
†Zebinella planata (Dall, 1892)
Synonyms [1]
† Rissoina decussata var. planataDall, 1892

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

Description

The length of the shell attains 8.3 mm, its diameter 3 mm.

(Original description) The species differs slightly from Zebinella decussata (Montagu, 1803), being proportionately wider, with the whorls flatter, the sculpture less sharply defined and tending to become obsolete. The shell is also somewhat larger. ^[2]

Distribution

Fossils of this species were found in Tertiary strata in Florida, USA.

References

1. MolluscaBase eds. (2023). MolluscaBase. Zebinella planata (Dall, 1892) †. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1023333 on 2023-11-02
2. Dall, W. H. (1892). Contributions to the Tertiary fauna of Florida with special reference to the Miocene silex-beds of Tampa and the Pliocene beds of the Caloosahatchie River. 2. Streptodont and other gastropods, concluded. Transactions of the Wagner Free Institute of Science, Philadelphia. 3(2): 201-473

External links

• Marinespecies.org: image