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]
Granulina minusculina | |
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Shell of Granulina minusculina (lectotype at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Family: | Granulinidae |
Genus: | Granulina |
Species: | G. minusculina
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Binomial name | |
Granulina minusculina (Locard, 1897)
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Description
editThe length of the shell attains 1.9 mm.
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Distribution
editThis species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off Morocco.
References
edit- ^ Granulina minusculina (Locard, 1897). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 24 April 2010.
- ^ "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
External links
edit- 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