''Sulcerato rehderi'' is a

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of small

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Eratoidae Eratoidae is a family of predatory sea snails, marine gastropods included in the superfamily Cypraeoidea .MolluscaBase (2018). Eratoidae Gill, 1871. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=t ...

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Description

The shell grows to a length of 1.6 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Pacific Ocean off

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Notes

* Raines. 2002. Contribution to the knowledge of Easter Island Mollusca. Conchiglia 34 (304): 11–40 * Raines, B.K. (2007) New molluscan records from Easter Island, with the description of a new Ethminolia. Visaya, 2(1), 70–88. page(s): 81 * Fehse D. (2020). Contributions to the knowledge of the Eratoidae. XVIII. A new Sulcerato Finlay 1930 from the Australes. Neptunea. 15(2): 7-10. page(s): 9; note: stated to be probably a synonym of S. galapagensis

References

{{Taxonbar, from2=Q13227902, from1=Q106153521 Eratoidae Gastropods described in 2002 Molluscs of the Pacific Ocean