Zebinella striatocostata

Zebinella striatocostata is a species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Rissoinidae.

Zebinella striatocostata
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Littorinimorpha
Family:	Rissoinidae
Genus:	Zebinella
Species:	Z. striatocostata
Binomial name
Zebinella striatocostata (d’Orbigny, 1842)
Synonyms
Rissoa striatocostata d'Orbigny, 1842 Rissoa affinis C. B. Adams, 1845 Rissoina striatocostata (d’Orbigny, 1842) Zebinella affinis (C. B. Adams, 1845) (junior synonym)

Description

The size of the shell varies between 4 mm and 6 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Caribbean Sea (Guadeloupe) and the Gulf of Mexico; in the Atlantic Ocean off Brazil.

References

• Guppy, R.J.L. & Dall, W.H. (1896) Descriptions of Tertiary fossils from the Antillean region. Proceedings of the United States National Museum, 19, 303–331, pls. 27–30 page(s): 322
• Rosenberg, G., F. Moretzsohn, and E. F. García. 2009. Gastropoda (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 579–699 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.
• Faber M.J. & Moolenbeek R.G. (2013) Two new species of Rissoinidae from Guadeloupe (Gastropoda: Rissooidea). Miscellanea Malacologica 6(1): 9-14.

External links

• Orbigny, A. d'. (1841-1853). Mollusques. In: R. de la Sagra (ed.). Histoire physique, politique et naturelle de l'Ile de Cuba. Arthus Bertrand, Paris. Vol 1: 1-264
• Adams, C. B. (1845). Specierum novarum conchyliorum, in Jamaica repertorum, synopsis. Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History. 2: 1-17