Phosinella clathrata

Phosinella clathrata is a species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Rissoinidae.[1]

Phosinella clathrata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Littorinimorpha
Superfamily:
Rissooidea
Family:
Rissoinidae
Genus:
Phosinella
Species:
P. clathrata
Binomial name
Phosinella clathrata
(A. Adams, 1851)
Synonyms

Rissoina clathrata A. Adams, 1853

Distribution

This species occurs in the Red Sea and in the Indian Ocean off Madagascar.

References
  1. Phosinella clathrata (A. Adams, 1851). WoRMS (2009). Phosinella clathrata (A. Adams, 1851). Accessed through the World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=598025 on 9 August 2010 .
  • Dautzenberg, Ph. (1929). Contribution à l'étude de la faune de Madagascar: Mollusca marina testacea. Faune des colonies françaises, III(fasc. 4). Société d'Editions géographiques, maritimes et coloniales: Paris. 321-636, plates IV-VII


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