Pedicypraedia atlantica
Pedicypraedia atlantica is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Ovulidae, one of the families of cowry allies.[2]
Pedicypraedia atlantica | |
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Shell of Pedicypraedia atlantica (holotype at MNHN? Paris) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Littorinimorpha |
Family: | Ovulidae |
Genus: | Pedicypraedia |
Species: | P. atlantica |
Binomial name | |
Pedicypraedia atlantica Lorenz, 2009[1] | |
Description
The length of the shell attains 5.3 mm.
Distribution
This species occurs on the Hyères Seamount, Northeast Atlantic Ocean.
References
- Lorenz F., 2009. Two new Pediculariidae from Hyères Seamount, eastern central Atlantic (Gastropoda: Cypraeoidea). Acta Conchyliorum 10: 87–94.. World Register of Marine Species, Retrieved 6 June 2010.
- Pedicypraedia atlantica Lorenz, 2009. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 8 January 2019.
- Lorenz, F., 2009. Two new Pediculariidae from Hyères Seamount, eastern central Atlantic (Gastropoda: Cypraeoidea). Acta Conchyliorum 10: 87-91
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