Granulina minusculina

Granulina minusculina is a species of very small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Granulinidae.[1]

Granulina minusculina
Shell of Granulina minusculina (lectotype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Granulinidae
Genus: Granulina
Species:
G. minusculina
Binomial name
Granulina minusculina
(Locard, 1897)
Synonyms
  • Granulina gubbiolii Smriglio & Mariottini, 1999
  • Volutella minusculina Locard, 1897 (original combination)

Description

The length of the shell attains 1.9 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off Morocco.

References

  • Smriglio C. & Mariottini P. (1999). Description of Granulina gubbiolii sp.nov. (Neogastropoda, Cystiscidae) from the Mediterranean Sea. La Conchiglia 292: 35–40


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