Ammonicera sculpturata

Ammonicera sculpturata
Shell of Ammonicera sculpturata (paratype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Family: Omalogyridae
Genus: Ammonicera
Species:
A. sculpturata
Binomial name
Ammonicera sculpturata
Rolán, 1992

Ammonicera sculpturata is a species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Omalogyridae. [1]

Description

The diameter of the shell varies between 0.3 mm and 0.5 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Cuba, Turks and Caicos Islands, Saint Kitts and Nevis, the Bahamas and Mexico.

References

  • Rolán, E. (1992). "The family Omalogyridae G.O. Sars, 1878 (Mollusca, Gastropoda) in Cuba with description of eight new species". Apex. 7: 42. Retrieved 17 January 2025.
  • Rosenberg, G.; Moretzsohn, F.; García, E. F. (2009). Gastropoda (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 579–699 in: Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. College Station, Texas: Texas A&M Press.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)