Schwartziella angularis

Schwartziella angularis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Littorinimorpha
Superfamily: Rissooidea
Family: Rissoinidae
Subfamily: Rissoininae
Genus: Schwartziella
Species: S. angularis
Binomial name
Schwartziella angularis
Rolán & Luque, 2000

Schwartziella angularis is a species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Rissoinidae.[1] The species name means "edge" or "other side" as one part of the shell faces the other side.

Description

The height of the shell attains 4 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off the Cape Verdes.

References

  1. Schwartziella angularis Rolán & Luque, 2000. WoRMS (2009). Schwartziella angularis Rolán, & Luque, 2000. Accessed through the World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=224720 on 9 August 2010.
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