Ganesa nitidiuscula

Ganesa nitidiuscula is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Skeneidae.[1]

Ganesa nitidiuscula
Drawing with an apertural view of a shell of Ganesa nitidiuscula
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Trochida
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Skeneidae
Genus: Ganesa
Species:
G. nitidiuscula
Binomial name
Ganesa nitidiuscula
Jeffreys, 1883
Synonyms

Cyclostrema (Ganesa) nitidiuscula Jeffreys, 1883

Description

The diameter of the shell is 3.1 mm. The shell is rimate, opaque, and rather glossy. It shows remote, flexuous growth striae. The sharp peristome is simple and is interrupted by the parietal wall.[2]

Distribution

This species occurs in the North Sea between the Hebrides and the Faroe Islands.

References
  1. Ganesa nitidiuscula Jeffreys, 1883. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species.
  2. G.W. Tryon (1888), Manual of Conchology X; Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia
  • Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 180–213
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