Zeidora nesta | |
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Shells of Zeidora nesta (holotype) | |
Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
Order: | Lepetellida |
Family: | Fissurellidae |
Subfamily: | Zeidorinae |
Genus: | Zeidora |
Species: | Z. nesta
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Binomial name | |
Zeidora nesta (
Pilsbry, 1890)
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Synonyms | |
Zeidora nesta 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 is 5.5 mm, its height 1.3 mm.
(Original description) The thin, snowy-white shell is oblong-oval. It is beautifully decussated with elevated very delicate concentric and radiating lirulae. The; dorsal sulcus has distinct sides, transversely striated. The front fissure is strong. The margin of the aperture is a little thickened behind and delicately crenulated all around. [2]
This species occurs in the Red Sea, in the Persian Gulf and along Réunion
Zeidora nesta | |
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Shells of Zeidora nesta (holotype) | |
Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
Order: | Lepetellida |
Family: | Fissurellidae |
Subfamily: | Zeidorinae |
Genus: | Zeidora |
Species: | Z. nesta
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Binomial name | |
Zeidora nesta (
Pilsbry, 1890)
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Synonyms | |
Zeidora nesta 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 is 5.5 mm, its height 1.3 mm.
(Original description) The thin, snowy-white shell is oblong-oval. It is beautifully decussated with elevated very delicate concentric and radiating lirulae. The; dorsal sulcus has distinct sides, transversely striated. The front fissure is strong. The margin of the aperture is a little thickened behind and delicately crenulated all around. [2]
This species occurs in the Red Sea, in the Persian Gulf and along Réunion