Zebinella striatocostata is a species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Rissoinidae.[2]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Littorinimorpha |
| Family: | Rissoinidae |
| Genus: | Zebinella |
| Species: | Z. striatocostata
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| Binomial name | |
| Zebinella striatocostata (d’Orbigny, 1842)
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Description
editThe size of the shell varies between 4 mm and 6 mm.
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Distribution
editThis species occurs in the Caribbean Sea (Guadeloupe) and the Gulf of Mexico; in the Atlantic Ocean off Brazil.
References
edit- ^ Malacolog : Rissoina striatocostata
- ^ Zebinella striatocostata (d’Orbigny, 1842). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 4 December 2018.
- 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
edit- 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