Granulina minusculina

Granulina minusculina
Shell of Granulina minusculina (lectotype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Granulinidae
Genus:	Granulina
Species:	G. minusculina
Binomial name
Granulina minusculina (Locard, 1897)
Synonyms
Granulina gubbiolii Smriglio & Mariottini, 1999 Volutella minusculina Locard, 1897 (original combination)

Granulina minusculina is a species of very small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Granulinidae. Its original name is volutella minusculina locard.

Description

The length of the shell attains 1.9 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off Morocco.

References

• Smriglio C. & Mariottini P. (1999). Description of Granulina gubbiolii sp.nov. (Neogastropoda, Cystiscidae) from the Mediterranean Sea. La Conchiglia 292: 35–40

External links

• Locard, A. (1897–1898). Expéditions scientifiques du Travailleur et du Talisman pendant les années 1880, 1881, 1882 et 1883. Mollusques testacés. Paris, Masson. vol. 1 [1897], pp. 1–516 pl. 1–22; vol. 2 [1898], pp. 1–515, pl. 1–18
• Gofas, S.; Luque, Á. A.; Templado, J.; Salas, C. (2017). A national checklist of marine Mollusca in Spanish waters. Scientia Marina. 81(2) : 241–254, and supplementary online material.
• Gofas S. (1992) Le genre Granulina (Marginellidae) en Méditerranée et dans l'Atlantique oriental. Bollettino Malacologico 28(1–4): 1–26
• S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Patrimoines Naturels. 50: 180–213