Zebina paivensis
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| Species: | Z. paivensis
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| Zebina paivensis (Watson, 1873) [1]
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Zebina paivensis is a species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Rissoinidae.[2]
Description
The size of the shell varies between 2 mm and 6.5 mm.
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Distribution
This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off the Canary Islands, Madeira and Selvagens.
References
- ^ Watson R. B., 1873: On some marine mollusca from Madeira, including a new genus of the Muricinae, a new Eulima and the whole of the Rissoa of the group of islands Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London (1873) 361-391
- ^ Zebina paivensis (Watson, 1873). Gofas, S. (2009). Zebina paivensis (Watson, 1873). In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through the World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=141401 on 9 August 2010 .
- Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 180-213
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