Kongsrudia approximans is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pyramidellidae, the pyrams and their allies.[2][3]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Family: | Pyramidellidae |
| Genus: | Kongsrudia |
| Species: | K. approximans
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| Binomial name | |
| Kongsrudia approximans (Dautzenberg, 1912)[1]
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Description
editThe shell grows to a length of 5 mm.
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Distribution
editThis species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off Senegal.
References
edit- ^ Dautzenberg P. (1912 ["1913") Mission Gruvel sur la cote occidentale d'Afrique (1909-1910). Mollusques marins. Annales de l'Institut Oceanographique de Monaco 5(3): 1-111, pls 1-3. [December 1912]]. World Register of Marine Species, Retrieved 2011-10-25.
- ^ a b Bouchet, P. (2010). Kongsrudia approximans (Dautzenberg, 1913). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=535981 on 2011-10-26
- ^ Lygre F. & Schander C. (2010) Six new species of pyramidellids (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Pyramidelloidea) from West Africa, introducing the new genus Kongsrudia. Zootaxa 2657:1–17.
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