Peringiella denticulata

Peringiella denticulata is a species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Rissoidae.[1]

Peringiella denticulata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Littorinimorpha
Superfamily:
Rissooidea
Family:
Rissoidae
Genus:
Peringiella
Species:
P. denticulata
Binomial name
Peringiella denticulata
Ponder, 1985

Description

Peringiella denticulata possesses a white and yellow sheen and has a simple spiral shape; it tends retain the size of about 3 millimeters from top to bottom. Peringiella denticulata possesses vertical striations both inside and out.[2]

Distribution

In the North Atlantic Ocean, Peringiella denticulata is located in European waters (of the ERMS scope) and the Portuguese Exclusive Economic Zone. It is also found throughout the Spanish Exclusive Economic Zone.[1]

References
  1. Peringiella denticulata Ponder, 1985. Gofas, S. (2009). Peringiella denticulata Ponder, 1985. In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through the World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=141323 on 9 August 2010 .
  2. NHMR, Peringiella denticulata Natural History Museum of Rotterdam; Peringiella denticulata at http://www.nmr-pics.nl/rissoidae/album/slides/Peringiella%20denticulata.html on 20 May 2014


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