Sveltia splendidula
Species of gastropod
Sveltia splendidula | |
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Shell of Sveltia splendidula (holotype at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Family: | Cancellariidae |
Genus: | Sveltia |
Species: | S. splendidula |
Binomial name | |
Sveltia splendidula Bouchet & Petit, 2002[1] |
Sveltia splendidula is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Cancellariidae, the nutmeg snails.[2]
Description
The length of the shell attains 10.9 mm.
Distribution
This marine species occurs off New Caledonia.
References
- ^ Bouchet & Petit. 2002. Nautilus 116 (3): 95–104. World Register of Marine Species, Retrieved 6 April 2010.
- ^ Sveltia splendidula Bouchet & Petit, 2002. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 6 April 2010.
External links
- Bouchet P. & Petit R.E. (2002). New species of deep-water Cancellariidae (Gastropoda) from the southwestern Pacific. The Nautilus 116(3): 95-104
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