Serrata quadrifasciata
| Serrata quadrifasciata | |
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| Shell of Serrata quadrifasciata (holotype at MNHN, Paris) | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Family: | Marginellidae |
| Genus: | Serrata |
| Species: | S. quadrifasciata
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| Binomial name | |
| Serrata quadrifasciata Boyer, 2008[1]
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Serrata quadrifasciata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Marginellidae, the margin snails.[2]
Description
The length of the shell attains 5.15 mm.
The shell is slender, cylindrical, solid, and subtranslucent.[3] It has a short and pointed spire.[3] Its aperture is long and narrow.[3] It has a number of small denticles.[3] Its dimensions are about 5.15 by 2.60 millimeters.[3]
Is considered by Boyer to be a paratype.[3]
Its shell is decorated by a number of large spiral bands of a different color.[3]
Distribution
This marine species occurs off New Caledonia (depth range: 350-358 m).[3]
Similar species
References
- ^ Boyer (2008). Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle 196 : 389–436. World Register of Marine Species, Retrieved 24 April 2010.
- ^ Serrata quadrifasciata Boyer, 2008. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 24 April 2010.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j BOYER F. 2008. — The genus Serrata Jousseaume, 1875 (Caenogastropoda: Marginellidae) in New Caledonia, in HÉROS V., COWIE R. H. & BOUCHET P. (eds), Tropical Deep-Sea Benthos 25. Mémoires du Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle 196: 389-436. Paris ISBN: 978-2-85653-614-8.
- Boyer, F. (2008). The genus Serrata Jousseaume, 1875 (Caenogastropoda: Marginellidae) in New Caledonia. in: Héros, V. et al. (Ed.) Tropical Deep-Sea Benthos 25. Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle (1993). 196: 389-436