Megastomia zijpi

Megastomia zijpi
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura
clade Panpulmonata
Superfamily: Pyramidelloidea
Family: Pyramidellidae
Genus: Megastomia
Species: M. zijpi
Binomial name
Megastomia zijpi
(van Aartsen, Gittenberger E. & Goud, 1998)
Synonyms

Odostomia (Megastomia) zijpi van Aartsen, Gittenberger E. & Goud, 1998

Megastomia zijpi is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pyramidellidae, the pyrams and their allies.[1]

Description

The length of the shell varies between 1.8 mm and 2.1 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off Mauritania.

References

  1. Gofas, S. (2015). Megastomia zijpi (van Aartsen, Gittenberger & Goud, 1998). In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=762006 on 2015-12-13
External identifiers for Megastomia zijpi
Encyclopedia of Life 19650637
WoRMS 762006


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