Nodicostellaria kaicherae

Nodicostellaria kaicherae is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk, in the family Costellariidae, the ribbed miters.[1]

Nodicostellaria kaicherae
Nodicostellaria kaicherae (specimen at the Smithsonian Institution)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Turbinelloidea
Family: Costellariidae
Genus: Nodicostellaria
Species:
N. kaicherae
Binomial name
Nodicostellaria kaicherae
(Petuch, 1979)
Synonyms[1]
  • Costellaria kaicherae Petuch, 1979
  • Vexillum (Costellaria) kaicherae Petuch, 1979 superseded combination
  • Vexillum (Costellaria) lixa Petuch, 1979
  • Vexillum (Nodicostellaria) kaicherae (Petuch, 1979)
  • Vexillum lixa Petuch, 1979

Description

The only reported location of Nodicostellaria kaicherae is in the Atlantic Ocean just east of the Caribbean Sea and off the north-east coast of Venezuela.

References
  1. MolluscaBase (2018). Nodicostellaria kaicherae (Petuch, 1979). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=714619 on 2018-12-31


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