Spiromoelleria quadrae

Spiromoelleria quadrae is a species of small sea snail with calcareous opercula, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Colloniidae.[1][2]

Spiromoelleria quadrae
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Superfamily: Phasianelloidea
Family: Colloniidae
Subfamily: Moelleriinae
Genus: Spiromoelleria
Species:
S. quadrae
Binomial name
Spiromoelleria quadrae
(Dall, 1897)
Synonyms[1]
  • Moelleria drusiana Dall, 1919
  • Moelleria quadrae Dall, 1997

Description

The shell grows to a height of 2 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Northern Pacific.

References

  1. Rosenberg, G. (2012). Spiromoelleria quadrae (Dall, 1897). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=528087 on 2013-02-10
  2. Turgeon, D.D., et al. 1998. Common and scientific names of aquatic invertebrates of the United States and Canada. American Fisheries Society Special Publication 26
  • Abbott R. T. (1974). American Seashells. The marine mollusca of the Atlantic and Pacific coast of North America. II edit. Van Nostrand, New York 663 p. + 24 pl: page(s): 61


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