''Pisania striata'' is a
species
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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 marine
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
Mollusca is the second-largest phylum of invertebrate animals after the Arthropoda, the members of which are known as molluscs or mollusks (). Around 85,000 extant species of molluscs are recognized. The number of fossil species is e ...
in the
family
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Pisaniidae
The Pisaniidae are a taxonomic family of medium-sized sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Buccinoidea.Rosenberg, G. (2018). Pisaniidae Gray, 1857. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespeci ...
.
Description
The length of the shell attains 22.8 mm.
Distribution
This species occurs in the
Gulf of Naples
The Gulf of Naples (), also called the Bay of Naples, is a roughly 15-kilometer-wide (9.3 mi) gulf located along the south-western coast of Italy (province of Naples, Campania region). It opens to the west into the Mediterranean Sea. It i ...
, Italy.
References
Gmelin, J.F. (1791). Vermes. In: Gmelin J.F. (Ed.) Caroli a Linnaei Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Ed. 10. Tome 1(6). G.E. Beer, Lipsiae [Leipzig]. pp. 3021-3910* Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Patrimoines Naturels. 50: 180–213.
* Brunetti M.M. & Della Bella G. (2016). Revisioni di alcuni generi della famiglia Buccinidae Rafinesque, 1815 nel Plio-Pleistocene del Bacino Mediterraneo, con descrizione di tre nuove specie. Bollettino Malacologico. 52: 3-37
External links
Bivona-Bernardi Ant. (1832 [April]). Caratteri d'un nuovo genere di conchiglie della famiglia delle Columellarie del Signor de Lamarck. Effemeride Scientifiche e Letterarie per la Sicilia. 2(1): 8-13Lamarck [J.-B. M.] de. (1822). Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres. Tome septième. Paris: published by the Author, 711 ppRisso A. (1826-1827). Histoire naturelle des principales productions de l'Europe Méridionale et particulièrement de celles des environs de Nice et des Alpes Maritimes. Paris, LevraultScacchi A. (1832). Lettera di Arcangelo Scacchi dottore in medicina su vari testacei napolitani al Sig, D. Carlo Tarentino prof. di storia naturale nel R. Liceo di Catanzaro. Napoli Pallary P. (1900). Coquilles marines du littoral du Départment d'Oran. Journal de Conchyliologie, 48(3): 211-422, pl. 6-8 Pallary P. (1912). Catalogue des mollusques du littoral méditerranéen de l'Egypte. Mémoires de l'Institut d'Egypte, 7(3): 69-207, pl. 15-18
{{DEFAULTSORT:Pisania striata
Pisaniidae
Gastropods described in 1791
Taxa named by Johann Friedrich Gmelin