Serrata stylaster

Serrata stylaster is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Marginellidae, the margin snails.[2]

Serrata stylaster
Shell of Serrata stylaster (holotype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:
Muricoidea
Family:
Marginellidae
Subfamily:
Marginellinae
Genus:
Serrata
Species:
S. stylaster
Binomial name
Serrata stylaster
(Boyer, 2001) [1]
Synonyms[2]

Dentimargo stylaster Boyer, 2001 (basionym)

Description

The shell grows to a length of 4.7 mm

Distribution

This species occurs in the Pacific Ocean off New Caledonia

References
  1. Boyer (2001). Novapex 2 (4) : 157–169. World Register of Marine Species, Retrieved 24 April 2010.
  2. Serrata stylaster (Boyer, 2001). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 14 February 2011.
  • Boyer F. (2001). Espèces nouvelles de Marginellidae du niveau bathyal de la Nouvelle-Calédonie. Novapex 2(4): 157–169
  • Boyer F. (2008) The genus Serrata Jousseaume, 1875 (Caenogastropoda: Marginellidae) in New Caledonia. In: V. Héros, R.H. Cowie & P. Bouchet (eds), Tropical Deep-Sea Benthos 25. Mémoires du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle 196: 389–436. page(s): 421


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