Ganesa nitidiuscula
Ganesa nitidiuscula is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Skeneidae.[1]
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| Drawing with an apertural view of a shell of Ganesa nitidiuscula | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Clade: | Vetigastropoda |
| Order: | Trochida |
| Superfamily: | Trochoidea |
| Family: | Skeneidae |
| Genus: | Ganesa |
| Species: | G. nitidiuscula |
| Binomial name | |
| Ganesa nitidiuscula Jeffreys, 1883 | |
| Synonyms | |
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Cyclostrema (Ganesa) nitidiuscula Jeffreys, 1883 | |
Description
The diameter of the shell is 3.1 mm. The shell is rimate, opaque, and rather glossy. It shows remote, flexuous growth striae. The sharp peristome is simple and is interrupted by the parietal wall.[2]
Distribution
This species occurs in the North Sea between the Hebrides and the Faroe Islands.
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References
- Ganesa nitidiuscula Jeffreys, 1883. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 21 April 2010.
- G.W. Tryon (1888), Manual of Conchology X; Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia
- Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 180–213
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