Moelleria costulata

Moelleria costulata
	Moelleria costulata shell
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Vetigastropoda
Superfamily:	Phasianelloidea
Family:	Colloniidae
Subfamily:	Moelleriinae
Genus:	Moelleria
Species:	M. costulata
Binomial name
	Moelleria costulata; (Møller, 1842)
Synonyms
	Adeorbis costulata (Møller, 1842) Verrill; Cyclostrema costulata (Möller, 1842); Margarita (?) costulata Möller, 1842 (original combination); Margarita minutissima Mighels, 1843; Moelleria glabra Verkrüzen, 1877; Molleria costulata (Møller, 1842);

Moelleria costulata, common name the ribbed moelleria, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Colloniidae.^[2]

Description

The size of the shell varies between 0.5 mm and 2.6 mm. The shell is ribbed longitudinally.

This marine species occurs in circum-Arctic waters, off Alaska, in European waters, the Northwest Atlantic Ocean and down south to Morocco.

^ Möller, H. P. C. 1842. Index molluscorum Groenlandiae. Naturhistorisk Tidsskrift 4: 76–97.
^ Moelleria costulata (Møller, 1842). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 19 June 2012.

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