Ammonicera sculpturata is a species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Omalogyridae. [1]
Ammonicera sculpturata | |
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Shell of Ammonicera sculpturata (paratype at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Family: | Omalogyridae |
Genus: | Ammonicera |
Species: | A. sculpturata
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Binomial name | |
Ammonicera sculpturata Rolán, 1992
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Description
editThe diameter of the shell varies between 0.3 mm and 0.5 mm.
Distribution
editThis marine species occurs off Cuba, Turks and Caicos Islands, Saint Kitts and Nevis, the Bahamas and Mexico.
References
edit- ^ Ammonicera sculpturataRolán, 1992. 17 January 2025. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species.
- 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.
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