Schwartziella cancapae
Schwartziella cancapae | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
(unranked): | clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Littorinimorpha |
Superfamily: | Rissooidea |
Family: | Rissoinidae |
Genus: | Schwartziella |
Species: | S. cancapae |
Binomial name | |
Schwartziella cancapae Rolán & Luque, 2000 | |
Schwartziella cancapae is a species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Rissoinidae.[1]
The species was named after the CANCAP expedition which occurred in the mid-1990s in the waters around Boa Vista, in which the species was discovered
Description
The height of the shell attains 4 mm (0.16 in).
Distribution
This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off the Cape Verdes.
References
- ↑ Schwartziella cancapae Rolán & Luque, 2000. WoRMS (2009). Schwartziella cancapae Rolán, & Luque, 2000. Accessed through the World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=224721 on 9 August 2010.
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