Zebinella striatocostata

Zebinella striatocostata is a species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Rissoinidae.[2]

Zebinella striatocostata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Caenogastropoda
Clade: Hypsogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Rissoinidae
Genus: Zebinella
Species:
Z. striatocostata
Binomial name
Zebinella striatocostata
(d’Orbigny, 1842)
Synonyms[1]
  • Rissoa striatocostata d'Orbigny, 1842
  • Rissoa affinis C. B. Adams, 1845
  • Rissoina striatocostata (d’Orbigny, 1842)

Description

The size of the shell varies between 4 mm and 6 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico; in the Atlantic Ocean off Brazil.

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References
  1. Malacolog : Rissoina striatocostata
  2. Zebinella striatocostata (d’Orbigny, 1842). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 4 December 2018.
  • Guppy, R.J.L. & Dall, W.H. (1896) Descriptions of Tertiary fossils from the Antillean region. Proceedings of the United States National Museum, 19, 303–331, pls. 27–30 page(s): 322
  • Rosenberg, G., F. Moretzsohn, and E. F. García. 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. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.
  • Faber M.J. & Moolenbeek R.G. (2013) Two new species of Rissoinidae from Guadeloupe (Gastropoda: Rissooidea). Miscellanea Malacologica 6(1): 9-14.


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