Nannodiella vespuciana

Nannodiella vespuciana
	Nannodiella vespuciana
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Caenogastropoda; clade Hypsogastropoda; clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Clathurellidae
Genus:	Nannodiella
Species:	N. vespuciana
Binomial name
	Nannodiella vespuciana; (d'Orbigny, 1842)
Synonyms
	Clathurella antillarum d'Orbigny, 1842; Mangilia oxytata Bush, K.J., 1885; Pleurotoma vespuciana Orbigny, 1842;

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

Description

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

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

^ 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.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
^ ^a ^b Nannodiella vespuciana (d'Orbigny, 1842). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 18 August 2011.
^ George Washington Tryon, Manual of Conchology vol. VI, p. 279; 1884 (described as Clathurella antillarum)