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Nannodiella vespuciana (d'Orbigny 1847)

Nannodiella vespuciana

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Nannodiella vespuciana, common name Vespucci's dwarf turrid, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Clathurellidae.[1][2]

Description

The shell grows to a length of 6 mm. The shell is whitish. The whorls are clathrate, slightly, narrowly shouldered.[3]

Distribution

This marine species occurs in the Caribbean Sea, the Gulf of Mexico and along Puerto Rico; along the Mid-Atlantic Ridge.

References

  1. ^ a b Nannodiella vespuciana (d'Orbigny, 1842). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 18 August 2011.
  2. ^ P. Bouchet; Yu. I. Kantor; A. Sysoev; N. Puillandre (2011). "A new operational classification of the Conoidea (Gastropoda)". Journal of Molluscan Studies. 77 (3): 273–308. doi:10.1093/mollus/eyr017.
  3. ^ George Washington Tryon, Manual of Conchology vol. VI, p. 279; 1884 (described as Clathurella antillarum)

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Nannodiella vespuciana: Brief Summary

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Nannodiella vespuciana, common name Vespucci's dwarf turrid, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Clathurellidae.

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