Nannodiella vespuciana, common name Vespucci's dwarf turrid, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Clathurellidae.[1][2]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Family: | Clathurellidae |
| Genus: | Nannodiella |
| Species: | N. vespuciana
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| Nannodiella vespuciana (d'Orbigny, 1842)
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Description
editThe shell grows to a length of 6 mm. The shell is whitish. The whorls are clathrate, slightly, narrowly shouldered.[3]
Distribution
editThis marine species occurs in the Caribbean Sea, the Gulf of Mexico and along Puerto Rico; along the Mid-Atlantic Ridge.
References
edit- ^ a b Nannodiella vespuciana (d'Orbigny, 1842). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 18 August 2011.
- ^ P. Bouchet; Yu. I. Kantor; A. Sysoev; N. Puillandre (2011). "A new operational classification of the Conoidea (Gastropoda)" (PDF). Journal of Molluscan Studies. 77 (3): 273–308. doi:10.1093/mollus/eyr017.
- ^ George Washington Tryon, Manual of Conchology vol. VI, p. 279; 1884 (described as Clathurella antillarum)
External links
edit- "Nannodiella vespuciana". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 19 August 2011.
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