Schwartziella inscripta

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

Schwartziella inscripta is a species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Rissoinidae.[1] The species name is Latin for unwritten mainly its shell is in one colour.

Description

The height of the shell attains 3.4 mm.

Distribution

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

References

  1. Schwartziella inscripta Rolán & Luque, 2000. WoRMS (2009). Schwartziella inscripta Rolán & Luque, 2000. Accessed through the World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=224732 on 9 August 2010.
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