Vacerrena nana is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Fissurellidae, the keyhole limpets and slit limpets.[1]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
| Order: | Lepetellida |
| Family: | Fissurellidae |
| Subfamily: | Emarginulinae |
| Genus: | Vacerrena |
| Species: | V. nana
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| Binomial name | |
| Vacerrena nana (H. Adams, 1872)
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Description
editThe length of the shell attains 2 mm, the width 1¼ mm, the height 2 mm.
The rather solid shel is elevated-conic. It is sculptured with 15 radiating ribs, the front ones wider apart. The apex is acute and strongly recurved. The aperture is oval.[2]
Distribution
editThis marine species occurs in the Red Sea.
References
edit- ^ a b MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Vacerrena nana (H. Adams, 1872). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=865087 on 2020-09-24
- ^ G.W. Tryon (1890), Manual of Conchology vol. XII
- Kilburn, R. N. (1978). The Emarginulinae (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Fissurellidae) of southern Africa and Mozambique. Annals of the Natal Museum. 23(2): 431–454.
- Drivas, J. & Jay, M. (1985). Shells of Réunion. 3. Family Fissurellidae. Subfamily Emarginulinae. La Conchiglia. 17(194–195): 3–6.
- Dekker, H. & Orlin, Z. (2000) Check-list of Red Sea mollusca. Spirula, 47(supplement), 1-46.
External links
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- Adams H. (1872). Further descriptions of new species of shells collected by Robert M'Andrew, Esq., in the Red Sea. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. (1872): 9-15, pl. 3
- Herbert D.G. (2015). An annotated catalogue and bibliography of the taxonomy, synonymy and distribution of the Recent Vetigastropoda of South Africa (Mollusca). Zootaxa. 4049(1): 1-98
- World Register of Marine Species