Granulina minusculina

Species of gastropod

Granulina minusculina
Shell of Granulina minusculina (lectotype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Granulinidae
Genus: Granulina
Species:
G. minusculina
Binomial name
Granulina minusculina
(Locard, 1897)
Synonyms
  • Granulina gubbiolii Smriglio & Mariottini, 1999
  • Volutella minusculina Locard, 1897 (original combination)

Granulina minusculina is a species of very small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Granulinidae.[1] Its original name is volutella minusculina locard.[2]

Description

The length of the shell attains 1.9 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off Morocco.

References

  1. ^ Granulina minusculina (Locard, 1897). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 24 April 2010.
  2. ^ "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Granulina minusculina (Locard, 1897)". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 17 May 2024.
  • Smriglio C. & Mariottini P. (1999). Description of Granulina gubbiolii sp.nov. (Neogastropoda, Cystiscidae) from the Mediterranean Sea. La Conchiglia 292: 35–40
  • Locard, A. (1897–1898). Expéditions scientifiques du Travailleur et du Talisman pendant les années 1880, 1881, 1882 et 1883. Mollusques testacés. Paris, Masson. vol. 1 [1897], pp. 1–516 pl. 1–22; vol. 2 [1898], pp. 1–515, pl. 1–18
  • Gofas, S.; Luque, Á. A.; Templado, J.; Salas, C. (2017). A national checklist of marine Mollusca in Spanish waters. Scientia Marina. 81(2) : 241–254, and supplementary online material.
  • Gofas S. (1992) Le genre Granulina (Marginellidae) en Méditerranée et dans l'Atlantique oriental. Bollettino Malacologico 28(1–4): 1–26
  • S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Patrimoines Naturels. 50: 180–213
Taxon identifiers
Granulina minusculina


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