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Schwartziella cancapae

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Schwartziella cancapae
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S. cancapae
Binomial name
Schwartziella cancapae
Rolán & Luque, 2000

Schwartziella cancapae is a species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Rissoinidae.[1]

The species was named after the CANCAP expedition which occurred in the mid-1990s in the waters around Boa Vista, in which the species was discovered

Description

The height of the shell attains 4 mm (0.16 in).

Distribution

This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off the Cape Verdes.

References

  1. ^ Schwartziella cancapae Rolán & Luque, 2000. WoRMS (2009). Schwartziella cancapae Rolán, & Luque, 2000. Accessed through the World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=224721 on 9 August 2010 .