Megastomia boteroi

Megastomia boteroi is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pyramidellidae, the pyrams and their allies.[2]

Megastomia boteroi
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura
clade Panpulmonata
Superfamily:
Pyramidelloidea
Family:
Pyramidellidae
Genus:
Megastomia
Species:
M. boteroi
Binomial name
Megastomia boteroi
(Schander, 1994)[1]

Description

The size of the shell attains 4 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off Senegal.

References
  1. Schander C. (1994 ["1993") Twenty-eight new species of Pyramidellidae (Gastropoda, Heterobranchia) from West Africa. Notiziario CISMA 15: 11-78. [15 February 1994]]. World Register of Marine Species, Retrieved 2011-10-25.
  2. Gofas, S. (2015). Megastomia boteroi (Schander, 1994). In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=762020 on 2015-12-13
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