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Plesiocystiscus bubistae

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Plesiocystiscus bubistae
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:
Muricoidea
Family:
Cystiscidae
Subfamily:
Cystiscinae
Genus:
Plesiocystiscus
Species:
P. bubistae
Binomial name
Plesiocystiscus bubistae
(Fernandes, 1987)
Synonyms[1]

Cystiscus bubistae Fernandes, 1987 (basionym)

Plesiocystiscus bubistae is a species of very small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Cystiscidae.[1]

The species is named after the Boa Vista Creole name of the island "Bubista" (island of Boa Vista)

Description

The shell size varies between 1.5 mm and 2.3 mm.[citation needed]

Distribution

This species is distributed in the Atlantic Ocean along the Cape Verde Archipelago predominantly the island of Boa Vista.[citation needed]

References

  1. ^ a b Plesiocystiscus bubistae (Fernandes, 1987). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 14 February 2011.

Further reading

  • Coovert G. A. & Coovert H. K. (1995). "Revision of the supraspecific classification of marginelliform gastropods". The Nautilus 109(2-3): 43-110. page: 67.
  • Rolán E. (2005). Malacological Fauna From The Cape Verde Archipelago. Part 1, Polyplacophora and Gastropoda


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