''Schwartziella similiter'' is a
species of minute
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
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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 or
micromollusk
A micromollusk is a shelled mollusk which is extremely small, even at full adult size. The word is usually, but not exclusively, applied to marine mollusks, although in addition, numerous species of land snails and freshwater mollusks also ...
in the
family Zebinidae.
Description
The height of the shell attains 6 mm.
Distribution
This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off the
Cape Verdes
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, official_languages = Portuguese
, national_languages = Cape Verdean Creole
, capital = Praia
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.
References
Rolán E. & Luque Á.A. 2000. ''The subfamily Rissoininae (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Rissoidae) in the Cape Verde Archipelago (West África)''. Iberus 18(1): 21-94* Rolán E., 2005. ''Malacological Fauna From The Cape Verde Archipelago. Part 1, Polyplacophora and Gastropoda''.
similiter
Gastropods of Cape Verde
Gastropods described in 2000
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