Schwartziella rectilinea

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

Schwartziella rectilinea is a species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Rissoinidae.[1] The species name is Latin for straight lined.

Description

The height of the shell attains 3.8 mm.

Distribution

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

References

  1. Schwartziella rectilinea Rolán & Luque, 2000. WoRMS (2009). Schwartziella rectilinea Rolán & Luque, 2000. Accessed through the World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=224745 on 9 August 2010.
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