Microgaza vetula

Microgaza vetula is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Solariellidae.[1]

Microgaza vetula
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Trochida
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Solariellidae
Genus: Microgaza
Species:
M. vetula
Binomial name
Microgaza vetula
Woodring, 1928
Synonyms

Microgaza (Microgaza) rotella vetula Woodring, 1928

Description

The size of the shell attains 7 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off the Bahamas at depths between 119 m and 192 m.

References

  1. Rosenberg, G. (2012). Microgaza vetula. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=533095 on 2012-12-03
  • Woodring, W. P. 1928. Miocene Mollusks from Bowden, Jamaica. Part II. Gastropods and discussion of results. Carnegie Institute of Washington Publication 385: vii + 564 pp., 40 pls.


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