Serrata summa
| Serrata summa | |
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| Shell of Serrata summa (holotype at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Family: | Marginellidae |
| Genus: | Serrata |
| Species: | S. summa |
| Binomial name | |
| Serrata summa Boyer, 2008[1] | |
Serrata summa is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Marginellidae, the margin snails.[2]
The name comes from the Latin summus, similar to the English summit, referring to where the species was found, which was on the crest of a seamount.[3]
Description
The length of the shell attains 4.4 mm.
The shell is slender, solid, and opaque. It has a short spire and a narrow aperture.[3] Its dimensions are approximately 4.4 x 2.05 millimeters.[3]
Distribution
This marine species occurs off New Caledonia (depth range 266–267 m.).[3] It has been found in the locality of Norfolk Ridge.[3]
Similar species
References
- ^ Boyer (2008). Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle 196 : 389–436. World Register of Marine Species, Retrieved 24 April 2010.
- ^ Serrata summa Boyer, 2008. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 24 April 2010.
- ^ a b c d e f g BOYER F. 2008. — The genus Serrata Jousseaume, 1875 (Caenogastropoda: Marginellidae) in New Caledonia, in HÉROS V., COWIE R. H. & BOUCHET P. (eds), Tropical Deep-Sea Benthos 25. Mémoires du Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle 196: 389-436. Paris ISBN: 978-2-85653-614-8.
- 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