Lodderena ornata

Lodderena ornata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Mollusca
Class:Gastropoda
Clade:Vetigastropoda
Superfamily:Trochoidea
Family:Skeneidae
Genus:Lodderena
Species: L. ornata
Binomial name
Lodderena ornata
(Olsson & McGinty, 1958)
Synonyms
  • Cyclostremiscus emeryi auct. non Ladd, 1966
  • Cyclostremiscus ornatus Olsson & McGinty, 1958
  • Cyclostremiscus solitarius Hertlein & Allison, 1968
  • Pachystremiscus ornata Olsson & McGinty, 1958

Lodderena ornata is a species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Skeneidae.[1]

Description

The size of the shell is 0.8 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off the Cape Verde Islands, the Gulf of Guinea, off Brazil; in the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean Sea. It has also been reported in the Indian Ocean.

References

  1. ↑ Lodderena ornata (Olsson & McGinty, 1958).  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 21 April 2010.
  • Olsson, A. A. and T. L. McGinty. 1958. Recent marine mollusks from the Caribbean coast of Panama with the description of some new genera and species. Bulletins of American Paleontology 39: 1-58, pls. 1-5.
  • Rolán E., 2005. Malacological Fauna From The Cape Verde Archipelago. Part 1, Polyplacophora and Gastropoda


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