Microsveltia procerula
Appearance
Microsveltia procerula | |
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Shell of Microsveltia procerula (holotype at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Family: | Cancellariidae |
Genus: | Microsveltia |
Species: | M. procerula
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Binomial name | |
Microsveltia procerula Verhecken, 1997
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Microsveltia procerula is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Cancellariidae, the nutmeg snails.[1]
Description
[edit]The length of the shell attains 4.4 mm.
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Distribution
[edit]This marine species occurs off Tanimbar Island, Indonesia.
References
[edit]- ^ Microsveltia procerula Verhecken, 1997. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 6 April 2010.
- Verhecken, A. (1997). Mollusca, Gastropoda: Arafura Sea Cancellariidae collected during the KARUBAR Cruise. in: Crosnier, A. et al. (Ed.) Résultats des Campagnes MUSORSTOM 16. Campagne Franco-Indonésienne KARUBAR. Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle. Série A, Zoologie. 172: 295–324.
- Hemmen, J. (2007). Recent Cancellariidae. Annotated and illustrated catalogue of Recent Cancellariidae. Privately published, Wiesbaden. 428 pp