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Ammonicera sculpturata

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Ammonicera sculpturata
Shell of Ammonicera sculpturata (paratype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Family: Omalogyridae
Genus: Ammonicera
Species:
A. sculpturata
Binomial name
Ammonicera sculpturata
Rolán, 1992

Ammonicera sculpturata is a species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Omalogyridae. [1]

Description

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The diameter of the shell varies between 0.3 mm and 0.5 mm.

Distribution

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This marine species occurs off Cuba, Turks and Caicos Islands, Saint Kitts and Nevis, the Bahamas and Mexico.

References

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  • Rolán, E. (1992). "The family Omalogyridae G.O. Sars, 1878 (Mollusca, Gastropoda) in Cuba with description of eight new species". Apex. 7: 42. Retrieved 17 January 2025.
  • Rosenberg, G.; Moretzsohn, F.; García, E. F. (2009). Gastropoda (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 579–699 in: Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. College Station, Texas: Texas A&M Press.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)