Sorgenfreispira africana
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| Sorgenfreispira africana | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Mangeliidae |
| Genus: | Sorgenfreispira |
| Species: | S. africana
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| Binomial name | |
| Sorgenfreispira africana Ardovini, 2004
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Sorgenfreispira africana is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mangeliidae.[1]
Description
[edit]The adult shell grows to a length of 4 mm, its diameter 1.6 mm.
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Distribution
[edit]This species is found in the Atlantic Ocean off Senegal and Angola.
References
[edit]- ^ a b Bela africana Ardovini, 2004. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 8 August 2011.
- Ardovini R. (2004). Due nuove specie e una nuova sottospecie di Turridae dal Senegal, West Africa. Malacologia Mostra Mondiale 43: 7-9.
- Mariottini, P., Di Giulio, A., Smriglio, C. & Oliverio, M. (2008) Notes on the Bela brachystoma complex, with description of a new species (Mollusca, Gastropoda: Conidae). Aldrovandia 4: 3-20.
- Ardovini R. (2008) Bela africana sp. n. (Gastropoda, Turridae) West Africa, Senegal. Malacologia Mostra Mondiale 58: 12-13.
External links
[edit]- Bouchet P., Kantor Yu.I., Sysoev A. & Puillandre N. (2011) A new operational classification of the Conoidea. Journal of Molluscan Studies 77: 273-308.
- Mariottini P., Di Giulio A., Smriglio C. & Oliverio M. (2015). Additional notes on the systematics and new records of East Atlantic species of the genus Sorgenfreispira Moroni, 1979 (Gastropoda Mangeliidae). Biodiversity Journal. 6(1): 431-440
- "Sorgenfreispira africana". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.