Cerithiopsis nana
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda

clade Hypsogastropoda

informal group Ptenoglossa
Superfamily:
Triphoroidea
Family:
Cerithiopsidae
Genus:
Cerithiopsis
Species:
C. nana
Binomial name
Cerithiopsis nana
Jeffreys, 1867
Synonyms[1]
  • Cerithiopsis tubercularis var. nana Jeffreys, 1867 (original rank as variety)
  • Nanopsis nana (Jeffreys, 1867)

Cerithiopsis nana is a species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Cerithiopsidae.[1]

The species was described by Jeffreys in 1867.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Mediterranean Sea off Italy and in the Atlantic Ocean off Portugal.

References

  1. 1 2 Gofas, S.; Bouchet, P. (2014). Cerithiopsis nana Jeffreys, 1867. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=195912 on 2014-12-07
  • Cecalupo A. & Robba E. (2010) The identity of Murex tubercularis Montagu, 1803 and description of one new genus and two new species of the Cerithiopsidae (Gastropoda: Triphoroidea). Bollettino Malacologico 46: 45-64


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