Gabrielona sulcifera

Gabrielona sulcifera
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Vetigastropoda
Superfamily: Phasianelloidea
Family: Phasianellidae
Genus: Gabrielona
Species: G. sulcifera
Binomial name
Gabrielona sulcifera
Robertson, 1973
Synonyms
  • Eucosmia brevis auct. non d'Orbigny, 1842
  • Phasianella brevis d'Orbigny, Dall, W.H., 1889

Gabrielona sulcifera is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Phasianellidae.[1]

Description

The size of the shell varies between 1.3 mm and 3 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Caribbean Sea, the Gulf of Mexico and the Lesser Antilles; in the Atlantic Ocean off Brazil.

References

  1. ↑ Gabrielona sulcifera Robertson, 1973.  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 March 2013.
  • Robertson, R. 1973. The genus Gabrielona (Phasianellidae) in the Indo-Pacific and West Indies. Indo-Pacific Mollusca 3(14): 41-61
  • Rosenberg, G., F. Moretzsohn, and E. F. García. 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. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas


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