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Gerdiella cingulata

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Gerdiella cingulata
Shell of Gerdiella cingulata (holotype at the Smithsonian Institution)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Volutoidea
Family: Cancellariidae
Genus: Gerdiella
Species:
G. cingulata
Binomial name
Gerdiella cingulata
(Olsson & Bayer, 1972)
Synonyms

Mericella cingulata (Olsson & Bayer, 1973)

Gerdiella cingulata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cancellariidae, the nutmeg snails.[1]

Distribution

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This species occurs in the Caribbean Sea off Jamaica.

References

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  • Rosenberg, G.; Moretzsohn, F.; García, E. F. (2009). Gastropoda (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 579–699 in: Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.