Scaevatula pellisserpentis

Scaevatula pellisserpentis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Mollusca
Class:Gastropoda
Clade:Caenogastropoda
Clade:Hypsogastropoda
Clade:Neogastropoda
Superfamily:Conoidea
Family:Clavatulidae
Genus:Scaevatula
Species: S. pellisserpentis
Binomial name
Scaevatula pellisserpentis
Gofas, 1990

Scaevatula pellisserpentis is a species of small predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Clavatulidae.[2][3]

Description

The shell grows to a length of 8 mm. Its whorls are sinistral.

Distribution

This marine species is endemic to São Tomé and Príncipe.

References

  1. Gasgoigne, A. (1996). Scaevatula pellisserpentis. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 7 August 2007.
  2. Tucker, J. (2010). Scaevatula pellisserpentis Gofas, 1990. 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=405090 on 2011-08-27
  3. P. Bouchet; Yu. I. Kantor; A. Sysoev & N. Puillandre (2011). "A new operational classification of the Conoidea (Gastropoda)". Journal of Molluscan Studies. 77 (3): 273–308. doi:10.1093/mollus/eyr017.
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