Vanikoro plicata
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Littorinimorpha |
| Family: | Vanikoridae |
| Genus: | Vanikoro |
| Species: | V. plicata
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| Vanikoro plicata (Récluz, 1844)
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Vanikoro plicata is a species of very small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Vanikoridae.[1]
Description
[edit]It has a strongly ribbed surface, up to 2 centimeters wide. It lives under stones in the lower eulittoral and the sublittoral regions of the ocean.[1]
Distribution
[edit]It has been documented in Okinawa Island and the Mascarene Basin of the Indian Ocean.[1] It has also been documented in the Northern Red Sea near Egypt.[2] In addition, it was recorded off the coast of the island nation of Mauritius.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c Vanikoro plicata (Recluz, 1844). WoRMS (2009). Vanikoro plicata (Recluz, 1844). Accessed through the World Register of Marine Species at http://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=208535 on 14 August 2010 .
- ^ Janssen, Ronald; Zuschin, Martin; Baal, Christian (February 18, 2011). "Gastropods and their habitats from the northern Red Sea (Egypt: Safaga) Part 2: Caenogastropoda: Sorbeoconcha and Littorinimorpha" (PDF). Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien. 113: 373–509.
- ^ Jay, M.; Drivas, J. (1987). "Coquillages de La Réunion et de l'Île Maurice. Collection Les Beautés de la Nature". Delachaux et Niestlé: Neuchâte: 159. ISBN 2-603-00654-1.