Lodderena ornata

Lodderena ornata is a species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Skeneidae.[1]

Lodderena ornata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Trochida
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Genus: Lodderena
Species:
L. ornata
Binomial name
Lodderena ornata
(Olsson & McGinty, 1958)
Synonyms
  • Cyclostremiscus emeryi auct. non Ladd, 1966
  • Cyclostremiscus ornatus Olsson & McGinty, 1958
  • Cyclostremiscus solitarius Hertlein & Allison, 1968
  • Pachystremiscus ornata Olsson & McGinty, 1958

Description

The size of the shell is 0.8 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off the Cape Verde Islands, the Gulf of Guinea, off Brazil; in the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean Sea. It has also been reported in the Indian Ocean.

References

  • Olsson, A. A. and T. L. McGinty. 1958. Recent marine mollusks from the Caribbean coast of Panama with the description of some new genera and species. Bulletins of American Paleontology 39: 1–58, pls. 1–5.
  • Rolán E., 2005. Malacological Fauna From The Cape Verde Archipelago. Part 1, Polyplacophora and Gastropoda
  • "Lodderena ornata". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.


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