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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
Order: | Lepetellida |
Family: | Fissurellidae |
Subfamily: | Emarginulinae |
Genus: | Vacerrena |
Species: | V. nana
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Binomial name | |
Vacerrena nana (H. Adams, 1872)
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Synonyms [1] | |
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Vacerrena nana is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Fissurellidae, the keyhole limpets and slit limpets. [1]
The length of the shell attains 2 mm, the width 1¼ mm, the height 2 mm.
The rather solid shel is elevated-conic. It is sculptured with 15 radiating ribs, the front ones wider apart. The apex is acute and strongly recurved. The aperture is oval. [2]
This marine species occurs in the Red Sea.
Vacerrena nana | |
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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
Order: | Lepetellida |
Family: | Fissurellidae |
Subfamily: | Emarginulinae |
Genus: | Vacerrena |
Species: | V. nana
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Binomial name | |
Vacerrena nana (H. Adams, 1872)
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Synonyms [1] | |
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Vacerrena nana is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Fissurellidae, the keyhole limpets and slit limpets. [1]
The length of the shell attains 2 mm, the width 1¼ mm, the height 2 mm.
The rather solid shel is elevated-conic. It is sculptured with 15 radiating ribs, the front ones wider apart. The apex is acute and strongly recurved. The aperture is oval. [2]
This marine species occurs in the Red Sea.