Serrata dentata
| Serrata dentata | |
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| Shell of Serrata dentata (holotype at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Family: | Marginellidae |
| Genus: | Serrata |
| Species: | S. dentata |
| Binomial name | |
| Serrata dentata Boyer, 2008[1] | |
Serrata dentata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Marginellidae, the margin snails.[2]
Description
The shell is slender, solid, and semi-translucent. There are five narrow plaits, 2 anterior ones that are nearly straight, second one being very long. The 3 upper ones are less oblique, decreasing in size posteriorly. On it, the fifth plait is not fully formed. Its ground color is whitish, with 2 pale narrow orange bands on dorsum, both more marked on outer margin than elsewhere and decreasing in intensity over last whorl. Its dimensions are 6.90 x 3.15 mm.[3]
Distribution
This marine species occurs off New Caledonia (d range 444-445 m).
References
- ^ Boyer (2008). Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle 196 : 389–436. World Register of Marine Species, Retrieved 24 April 2010.
- ^ Serrata dentata Boyer, 2008. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 24 April 2010.
- ^ "Serrata dentata Boyer 2008, n. sp. - Plazi TreatmentBank". tb.plazi.org. Retrieved 28 February 2025.
- Boyer, F. (2008). The genus Serrata Jousseaume, 1875 (Caenogastropoda: Marginellidae) in New Caledonia. in: Héros, V. et al. (Ed.) Tropical Deep-Sea Benthos 25. Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle (1993). 196: 389-436.