''Microgaza vetula'' is a

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Solariellidae Solariellidae is a family of small sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Trochoidea (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005).Gofas, S. (2011). Solariellidae. Accessed through: World Register of ...

.Rosenberg, G. (2012). ''Microgaza vetula''. Accessed through:

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at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=533095 on 2012-12-03

Description

The size of the shell attains 7 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off the

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at depths between 119 m and 192 m.

References

* Woodring, W. P. 1928. ''Miocene Mollusks from Bowden, Jamaica. Part II. Gastropods and discussion of results''. Carnegie Institute of Washington Publication 385: vii + 564 pp., 40 pls.

External links

To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication)

To Encyclopedia of Life

To World Register of Marine Species

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Gastropods described in 1928 {{Solariellidae-stub