Scaevatula pellisserpentis

Scaevatula pellisserpentis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Caenogastropoda
Clade: Hypsogastropoda
Clade: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Clavatulidae
Genus: Scaevatula
Species: S. pellisserpentis
Binomial name
Scaevatula pellisserpentis
Gofas, 1990

Scaevatula pellisserpentis is a species of small predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Clavatulidae. [2] [3]

Description

The shell grows to a length of 8 mm.

Distribution

This marine species is endemic to São Tomé and Príncipe.

References

  1. Gasgoigne, A. (1996). Scaevatula pellisserpentis. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 7 August 2007.
  2. Tucker, J. (2010). Scaevatula pellisserpentis Gofas, 1990. In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2010) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=405090 on 2011-08-27
  3. P. Bouchet, Yu. I. Kantor, A. Sysoev & N. Puillandre (2011). "A new operational classification of the Conoidea (Gastropoda)". Journal of Molluscan Studies. 77 (3): 273–308. doi:10.1093/mollus/eyr017.
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