Vitreolina perminima

Vitreolina perminima
Drawing of a shell of Vitreolina perminima
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
Superfamily: Eulimoidea
Family: Eulimidae
Genus: Vitreolina
Species: V. perminima
Binomial name
Vitreolina perminima
(Jeffreys, 1883)
Synonyms

Eulima perminima Jeffreys, 1883

Vitreolina perminima is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Eulimidae. The species is one of multiple known species to exist within the genus, Vitreolina.[1]

Distribution

This species occurs in the North Atlantic Ocean and in the Mediterranean Sea

Description

The length of this micromullusc measures only 1.25 mm. The slender shell is rather solid. It is semitransparent and white, lightly tinged with yellowish brown on the body whorl. The apex is bluntly pointed. The shel contains 6 to 7 whorls, compressed and compact.[2]

References

  1. Gofas, S. (2014). Vitreolina perminima (Jeffreys, 1883). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=139902 on 2014-12-16
  2. G.W. Tryon (1886) Manual of Conchology v; VIII (described as Eulima perminima)
External identifiers for Vitreolina perminima
WoRMS 139902
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