Moerchiella bozzettii

Moerchiella bozzettii
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Caenogastropoda; clade Hypsogastropoda; clade Littorinimorpha
Superfamily:	Rissooidea
Family:	Rissoinidae
Genus:	Moerchiella
Species:	M. bozzettii
Binomial name
	Moerchiella bozzettii; (Faber, 2015)
Synonyms
	Rissoina (Moerchiella) bozzettii Faber, 2015 ·; Rissoina (Moerchiella) cylindrica Bozzetti, 2009; Rissoina bozzettii Faber, 2015; Rissoina cylindrica Bozzetti, 2009 (invalid: junior homonym of Rissoina cylindrica Preston, 1908; R. bozzettii is a replacement name) ·;

Moerchiella bozzettii is a species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Rissoinidae.^[1]

Description

The height of the shell attains 10.5 mm

This species occurs in the Indian Ocean off Madagascar.

^ MolluscaBase eds. (2023). MolluscaBase. Moerchiella bozzettii (Faber, 2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=889355 on 2023-10-28

Bozzetti L. (2009). Rissoina (Moerchiella) cylindrica sp. nov. (Gastropoda: Hypsogastropoda: Rissoidae: Rissoininae) dal Madagascar meridionale. Malacologia Mostra Mondiale 62: 11-12
Faber, M. J. (2015). A new replacement name in Rissoinidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Miscellanea Malacologica. 6: 88.

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