Zebina tridentata

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Zebina tridentata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Littorinimorpha
Superfamily: Rissooidea
Family: Rissoinidae
Genus: Zebina
Species: Z. tridentata
Binomial name
Zebina tridentata
(Michaud, 1830)

Zebina tridentata is a species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Rissoinidae.[1]

Description

The size of the shell varies between 4 mm and 12 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Red Sea and in the Western Pacific and off the Philippines.

References

  1. Zebina tridentata . WoRMS (2009). Zebina tridentata. Accessed through the World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=216962 on 9 August 2010.
  • Vine, P. (1986). Red Sea Invertebrates. Immel Publishing, London. 224 pp
  • Bosch D.T., Dance S.P., Moolenbeek R.G. & Oliver P.G. (1995) Seashells of eastern Arabia. Dubai: Motivate Publishing. 296 pp.

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