Cocculinella minutissima
Appearance
Cocculinella minutissima | |
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Drawing with an apical view of the shell of Cocculinella minutissima | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
Order: | Lepetellida |
Superfamily: | Lepetelloidea |
Family: | Cocculinellidae |
Genus: | Cocculinella |
Species: | C. minutissima
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Binomial name | |
Cocculinella minutissima (E. A. Smith, 1904)[1]
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Synonyms[2] | |
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Cocculinella minutissima is a species of small, deep water sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cocculinellidae, the limpets.[2]
Description
[edit]The shell grows to a size of 3.5 mm, width 1.5 mm and height 1 mm. The thin, white shell is long and narrow with growth rings. The sides are almost parallel, slightly bent, slightly truncated at the back. The nipple-shaped apex stands out and drops quite sharply backwards. It is located about in front of the center. The front drops in a straight line and is slightly convex at the rear.[3]
Distribution
[edit]This marine species occurs in the Pacific Ocean off Japan and in the Indian Ocean off the Andaman Islands.
References
[edit]- ^ Edg. Smith, Ann.nat. Hist. ser. 7 v. 14 p. 4
- ^ a b Bouchet, P. (2012). Cocculinella minutissima (E.A. Smith, 1904). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=570840 on 2013-02-02
- ^ Küster (1909), Systematisches Conchylien-Cabinet von Martini und Chemnitz, Nürnberg 1909
External links
[edit]- Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication)
- World Register of Marine Species
- "Cocculinella minutissima". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 15 January 2019.