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Acrista tuberculifera

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Acrista tuberculifera
Shell of Acrista tuberculifera (syntype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Clathurellidae
Genus: Acrista
Species:
A. tuberculifera
Binomial name
Acrista tuberculifera
(Hervier, 1896)
Synonyms

Glyphostoma marchei var. tuberculifera Hervier, 1896 (basionym)

Acrista nana is a species of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Clathurellidae.[1]

Description

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The length of the shell varies between 4 mm and 5 mm.

(Original description in Latin) The shell is small. The tuberculous lyrae often disappear in the interstices. The tubercles are less lenticular and are rather round. [2]

Distribution

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This marine species occurs off the Loyalty Islands.

References

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  1. ^ MolluscaBase eds. (2024). MolluscaBase. Acrista tuberculifera (Hervier, 1896). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1580926 on 2024-03-17
  2. ^ Hervier J. (1896). Descriptions d'espèces nouvelles de l'archipel Néo-Calédonien. Journal de Conchyliologie. 43(3): 141-152 Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  • (Lienardia marchei) Jousseaume, Monographie du genre Lienardia, in Bull. Soc. Zool. France, vol. IX, p. 184-188, pl. IV, fig. 4et 5, 1884.
  • Hervier, J., 1896. - Description d'espèces nouvelles de mollusques, provenant de l'archipel de la Nouvelle-Calédonie. Journal de Conchyliologie 44: 51-95
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