Scaevatula pellisserpentis is a species of small predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Clavatulidae.[2][3]
Scaevatula pellisserpentis | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Superfamily: | Conoidea |
Family: | Clavatulidae |
Genus: | Scaevatula |
Species: | S. pellisserpentis
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Binomial name | |
Scaevatula pellisserpentis Gofas, 1990
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Description
editThe shell grows to a length of 8 mm. Its whorls are sinistral.
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Distribution
editThis marine species is endemic to São Tomé and Príncipe.
References
edit- ^ Gasgoigne, A. (1996). "Scaevatula pellisserpentis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 1996: e.T19939A9111265. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.1996.RLTS.T19939A9111265.en. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
- ^ a b Scaevatula pellisserpentis Gofas, 1990. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 6 December 2018.
- ^ P. Bouchet; Yu. I. Kantor; A. Sysoev & N. Puillandre (2011). "A new operational classification of the Conoidea (Gastropoda)". Journal of Molluscan Studies. 77 (3): 273–308. doi:10.1093/mollus/eyr017.
External links
edit- "Scaevatula pellisserpentis". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 26 August 2011.
- Holotype in the MNHN, Paris