Pseudorbis granulum

Pseudorbis granulum
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Vetigastropoda
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Skeneidae
Genus: Pseudorbis
Species: P. granulum
Binomial name
Pseudorbis granulum
(Brugnone, 1873)
Synonyms[1]
  • Archytaea (Pseudorbis) granulum Monterosato, 1884 (family Adeorbidae)
  • Fossarus granulum Brugnone, 1873 (basionym)
  • Vitrinella (Pseudorbis) granulum (Brugnone, 1873) by Thiele, 1929 (family Vitrinellidae)

Pseudorbis granulum is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Skeneidae.[1]

Description

The size of the shell varies between 0.8 mm and 1.5 mm. The shell is scarcely unibilicated. The aperture is circular. The surface is spirally costate, not cancellated.[2]

Distribution

This marine species is found in the Mediterranean Sea, originally off Sicily and recently off the Alboran Island.

References

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