Lodderena ornata
Appearance
Lodderena ornata | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
Order: | Trochida |
Superfamily: | Trochoidea |
Genus: | Lodderena |
Species: | L. ornata
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Binomial name | |
Lodderena ornata (Olsson & McGinty, 1958)
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Synonyms | |
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Lodderena ornata is a species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Skeneidae.[1]
Description
[edit]The size of the shell is 0.8 mm.
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Distribution
[edit]This marine species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off the Cape Verde Islands, the Gulf of Guinea, off Brazil; in the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean Sea. It has also been reported in the Indian Ocean.
References
[edit]- ^ Lodderena ornata (Olsson & McGinty, 1958). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 21 April 2010.
- Olsson, A. A. and T. L. McGinty. 1958. Recent marine mollusks from the Caribbean coast of Panama with the description of some new genera and species. Bulletins of American Paleontology 39: 1–58, pls. 1–5.
- Rolán E., 2005. Malacological Fauna From The Cape Verde Archipelago. Part 1, Polyplacophora and Gastropoda
External links
[edit]- "Lodderena ornata". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.