Zebinella moellendorffi

Zebinella moellendorffi is a species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Rissoinidae.[1]

Zebinella moellendorffi
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Superfamily: Rissooidea
Family: Rissoinidae
Genus: Zebinella
Species:
Z. moellendorffi
Binomial name
Zebinella moellendorffi
(C. B. Adams, 1852)
Synonyms[1]
  • Rissoina moellendorffi O. Boettger, 1893
  • Rissoina (Zebinella) moellendorffi Boettger, 1893

Description

The length of the shell attains 6.5 mm, its diameter 2.5 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off the Philippines.

References

  1. MolluscaBase eds. (2023). MolluscaBase. Zebinella moellendorffi (Boettger, 1893). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=762269 on 2023-10-25
  • Faber M.J. & Moolenbeek R.G. (2013) Two new species of Rissoinidae from Guadeloupe (Gastropoda: Rissooidea). Miscellanea Malacologica 6(1): 9-14
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