Cocculinella minutissima

Cocculinella minutissima is a species of small, deep water sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cocculinellidae, the limpets.[2]

Cocculinella minutissima
Drawing with an apical view of the shell of Cocculinella minutissima
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Superfamily: Lepetelloidea
Family: Cocculinellidae
Genus: Cocculinella
Species:
C. minutissima
Binomial name
Cocculinella minutissima
(E. A. Smith, 1904) [1]
Synonyms[2]
  • Acmaea minutissima E. A. Smith, 1904

Description

The shell grows to a size of 3.5 mm, width 1.5 mm and height 1 mm. The thin, white shell is long and narrow with growth rings. The sides are almost parallel, slightly bent, slightly truncated at the back. The nipple-shaped apex stands out and drops quite sharply backwards. It is located about in front of the center. The front drops in a straight line and is slightly convex at the rear.[3]

Distribution

This marine species occurs in the Pacific Ocean off Japan and in the Indian Ocean off the Andaman Islands.

References
  1. Edg. Smith, Ann.nat. Hist. ser. 7 v. 14 p. 4
  2. Bouchet, P. (2012). Cocculinella minutissima (E.A. Smith, 1904). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=570840 on 2013-02-02
  3. Küster (1909), Systematisches Conchylien-Cabinet von Martini und Chemnitz, Nürnberg 1909
  • To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication)
  • To World Register of Marine Species
  • "Cocculinella minutissima". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 15 January 2019.
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