Schwartziella rectilinea
Appearance
Schwartziella rectilinea | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Littorinimorpha |
Family: | Zebinidae |
Genus: | Schwartziella |
Species: | S. rectilinea
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Binomial name | |
Schwartziella rectilinea Rolán & Luque, 2000
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Schwartziella rectilinea is a species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Zebinidae.[1] The specific name is Latin for straight lined, and refers to the numerous axial ribs of this species.[2]
Description
[edit]The height of the shell attains 3.8 mm.
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Distribution
[edit]This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off the Cape Verdes.
References
[edit]- ^ Schwartziella rectilinea Rolán & Luque, 2000. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 3 December 2018.
- ^ Rolán E. & Luque Á.A. 2000. The subfamily Rissoininae (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Rissoidae) in the Cape Verde Archipelago (West Africa). Iberus 18(1): 21-94
- Rolán E., 2005. Malacological Fauna From The Cape Verde Archipelago. Part 1, Polyplacophora and Gastropoda.