Jujubinus pseudogravinae

Jujubinus pseudogravinae
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Mollusca
Class:Gastropoda
Clade:Vetigastropoda
Superfamily:Trochoidea
Family:Trochidae
Genus:Jujubinus
Species: J. pseudogravinae
Binomial name
Jujubinus pseudogravinae
Nordsieck, 1973

Jujubinus pseudogravinae is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Trochidae, the top snails.[1]

This species is considered by some as a synonym of Jujubinus gravinae gravinae (Dautzenberg, Ph., 1881) [2]

Description

The size of the shell varies between 3 mm and 7.5 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off the Azores.

References

  • Nordsieck F. (1973). Il genere Jujubinus Monterosato, 1884 in Europa. La Conchiglia 50: 6-7, 11-12
  • Avila S.P., Borges J.P. & Frias Martins A.M. de (2011) The littoral Trochoidea (Mollusca: Gastropoda) of the Azores. Journal of Conchology 40(4): 408-427.

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