Folinella moolenbeeki

Folinella moolenbeeki
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Mollusca
Class:Gastropoda
Clade:Heterobranchia
Clade:Euthyneura
Order:Panpulmonata
Family:Pyramidellidae
Genus:Folinella
Species: F. moolenbeeki
Binomial name
Folinella moolenbeeki
van Aartsen, Gittenberger E. & Goud, 1998[1]
Synonyms

Chrysallida jordii Peñas & Rolán, 1998

Folinella moolenbeeki is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pyramidellidae, the pyrams and their allies.[2]

Description

The shell size varies between 2 mm and 2.5 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off Mauritania.

References

  1. ↑ van Aartsen, Gittenberger E. & Goud (1998). Pyramidellidae (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Heterobranchia) collected duning the Dutch CANCAP and MAURITANIA expeditions in the south-eastern part of the North Atlantic Ocean (part 1). Zoologische Verhandelingen (Leiden) 321 : 1-57
  2. ↑ WoRMS (2010). Folinella moolenbeeki van Aartsen, Gittenberger E. & Goud, 1998. In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2010) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=458510 on 2011-10-26
  • Peñas A. & Rolán E. (1998). La familia Pyramidellidae Gray, 1840 (Mollusca, Gastropoda) en África Occidental. 3. El género Chrysallida s.l. Iberus, suppl. 4 : 1-73


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