Schwartziella minima
| Schwartziella minima | |
|---|---|
| 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. minima |
| Binomial name | |
| Schwartziella minima Rolán & Luque, 2000 | |
Schwartziella minima is a species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Rissoinidae.[1]
The species name is Latin minima for smallest being one of the smallest species of Schwartziella.
Description
The height of the shell attains 2.2 mm.
Distribution
This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off the Cape Verdes.
References
- ↑ Schwartziella minima Rolán & Luque, 2000. WoRMS (2009). Schwartziella minima Rolán & Luque, 2000. Accessed through the World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=224736 on 9 August 2010.
- Rolán E. & Luque Á.A. 2000. The subfamily Rissoininae (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Rissoidae) in the Cape Verde Archipelago (West África). Iberus 18(1): 21-94
- Rolán E., 2005. Malacological Fauna From The Cape Verde Archipelago. Part 1, Polyplacophora and Gastropoda.
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