Ebenomitra savignyi
| Ebenomitra savignyi | |
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| Shell of Ebenomitra savignyi (specimen at MNHN, Paris) | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Turbinelloidea |
| Family: | Costellariidae |
| Genus: | Ebenomitra |
| Species: | E. savignyi
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| Binomial name | |
| Ebenomitra savignyi (Payraudeau, 1826)
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| Synonyms[1] | |
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Ebenomitra savignyi is a species of ribbed miters, a genus of marine sea snails. [1]
Description
(Original description in Latin) The shell is very small, smooth, and glossy, of a tawny or horn-like color. It is marked by thick, nodose longitudinal ribs. It has five or six whorls, which are banded with white. The columella bears three folds, and the shell measures approximately four lines in length (roughly about 8–9 mm long). [2]
Distribution
This marine species occurs off Sicily, Italy and off the coast of Algeria. [3]
References
- ^ a b Ebenomitra savignyi(Payraudeau, 1826). 17 March 20265. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species.
- ^ Payraudeau, B. C. (1826). Catalogue descriptif et méthodique des annelides et des mollusques de l'Ile de Corse; avec huit planches représentant quatre-vingt-huit espèces, dont soixante-huit nouvelles. 218 pp. Paris. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
- ^ Gbif.org: distribution
- Landau, B.; Harzhauser, M. (2024). The Pliocene Gastropoda (Mollusca) of Estepona, southern Spain. Part 25: Mitroidea and Turbinelloidea (Neogastropoda). Cainozoic Research. 24(2): 189-230.
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