Megastomia gutta

Megastomia gutta
Megastomia gutta
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura
clade Panpulmonata
Superfamily: Pyramidelloidea
Family: Pyramidellidae
Genus: Megastomia
Species: M. gutta
Binomial name
Megastomia gutta
Penas & Rolan, 1999[1]
Synonyms

Odostomia (Megastomia) gutta Penas & Rolan, 1999

Megastomia gutta is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pyramidellidae, the pyrams and their allies.[2]

Contents

Description

The shell grows to a length of 3 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off Guinea

References

  1. ^ Peñas A. & Rolán E., 1999. La familia Pyramidellidae Gray, 1840 (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Heterostropha) en Africa Occidental. 4. los géneros Megastomia, Odostomia, Noemiamea y Syrnola. Iberus suplemento 5: 1-150.. World Register of Marine Species, accessed 2011-10-25.
  2. ^ WoRMS (2010). Megastomia gutta Penas & Rolan, 1999. In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2010) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=458092 on 2011-10-26

External links

External identifiers for Megastomia gutta
EOL 4812901
WoRMS 458092


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