Zebinella planata is an extinct species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Rissoinidae.[1]
| Zebinella planata | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Littorinimorpha |
| Superfamily: | Rissooidea |
| Family: | Rissoinidae |
| Genus: | Zebinella |
| Species: | †Z. planata
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| Binomial name | |
| †Zebinella planata (Dall, 1892)
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| Synonyms[1] | |
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† Rissoina decussata var. planata Dall, 1892 | |
Description
editThe length of the shell attains 8.3 mm, its diameter 3 mm.
(Original description) The species differs slightly from Zebinella decussata (Montagu, 1803), being proportionately wider, with the whorls flatter, the sculpture less sharply defined and tending to become obsolete. The shell is also somewhat larger. [2]
Distribution
editFossils of this species were found in Tertiary strata in Florida, USA.
References
edit- ^ a b MolluscaBase eds. (2023). MolluscaBase. Zebinella planata (Dall, 1892) †. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1023333 on 2023-11-02
- ^ Dall, W. H. (1892). Contributions to the Tertiary fauna of Florida with special reference to the Miocene silex-beds of Tampa and the Pliocene beds of the Caloosahatchie River. 2. Streptodont and other gastropods, concluded. Transactions of the Wagner Free Institute of Science, Philadelphia. 3(2): 201-473
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