Setia ambigua

Setia ambigua
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Littorinimorpha
Family:	Rissoidae
Genus:	Setia
Species:	S. ambigua
Binomial name
	Setia ambigua; (Brugnone, 1873)
Synonyms
	Rissoa alleryana Aradas & Benoit, 1874; Rissoa ambigua Brugnone, 1873;

Setia ambigua is a species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Rissoidae.^[1]

Description

Members of the order Neotaenioglossa are mostly gonochoric and broadcast spawners. Life cycle: Embryos develop into planktonic trochophore larvae and later into juvenile veligers before becoming fully grown adults.^[1]

Distribution

Mediterranean Sea.

References

^ ^a ^b Setia ambigua (Brugnone, 1873). Gofas, S. (2009). Setia ambigua (Brugnone, 1873). In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through the World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=141380 on 9 August 2010 .

Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels. 50: pp. 180–213

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[WoRMS-1] Setia ambigua (Brugnone, 1873). Gofas, S. (2009). Setia ambigua (Brugnone, 1873). In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through the World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=141380 on 9 August 2010 .

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