Vanikoro ligata

Vanikoro ligata is a species of very small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Vanikoridae.[1]

Vanikoro ligata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Littorinimorpha
Superfamily:
Vanikoroidea
Family:
Vanikoridae
Genus:
Vanikoro
Species:
V. ligata
Binomial name
Vanikoro ligata
(Récluz, 1843)
Synonyms

Vanikoro deshayesiana (Récluz, 1844)

Distribution

This species occurs in the Indian Ocean off Aldabra and the Mascarene Basin.

References
  1. Vanikoro ligata (Recluz, 1843). WoRMS (2009). Vanikoro ligata (Recluz, 1843). Accessed through the World Register of Marine Species at http://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=208533 on 31 July 2012 .
  • Kilburn, R.N. & Rippey, E. (1982) Sea Shells of Southern Africa. Macmillan South Africa, Johannesburg, xi + 249 pp. page(s): 56
  • Drivas, J. & M. Jay (1988). Coquillages de La Réunion et de l'île Maurice


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