''Parthenina mauritanica'' is a species of

sea snail Sea snail is a common name for slow-moving marine gastropod molluscs, usually with visible external shells, such as whelk or abalone. They share the taxonomic class Gastropoda with slugs, which are distinguished from snails primarily by the ...

, a

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gastropod The gastropods (), commonly known as snails and slugs, belong to a large taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda (). This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, from freshwater, and from land. T ...

mollusk in the family Pyramidellidae, the pyrams and their allies. The specific name ''mauritanica'' refers to the country where it was found,

Mauritania Mauritania (; ar, موريتانيا, ', french: Mauritanie; Berber: ''Agawej'' or ''Cengit''; Pulaar: ''Moritani''; Wolof: ''Gànnaar''; Soninke:), officially the Islamic Republic of Mauritania ( ar, الجمهورية الإسلامية ...

.Peñas A. & Rolán E. (1998).
La familia Pyramidellidae Gray, 1840 (Mollusca, Gastropoda) en África Occidental. 3. El género Chrysallida s.l.
' Iberus, suppl. 4 : 1-73.

References

* Peñas, A.; Rolán, E.; Swinnen, F. (2014). ''The superfamily Pyramidelloidea Gray, 1840 (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Heterobranchia) in West Africa, 11. Addenda 3.'' Iberus. 32(2): 105-206 page(s): 114

External links

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To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
Pyramidellidae Gastropods described in 1998 Invertebrates of West Africa {{Pyramidellidae-stub