''Zeradina plicifera'' is a

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, a marine

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in the

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Vanikoridae Vanikoridae is a family of minute to medium-sized sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the superfamily Vanikoroidea. Genera and species Genera within the family Vanikoridae include: * '' Amamiconcha'' Habe, 1961 * '' Berthais'' Melvill, 1 ...

.MolluscaBase eds. (2023). MolluscaBase. Zeradina plicifera (A. Adams, 1863). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=833673 on 2023-11-19

Description

(Original description) This is a small species with 4½ plicate and convex whorls and a canaliculated suture. It is finely striated transversely and is very thin. The aperture is ovate. The outer lip is arcuate.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off the

Philippines The Philippines (; fil, Pilipinas, links=no), officially the Republic of the Philippines ( fil, Republika ng Pilipinas, links=no), * bik, Republika kan Filipinas * ceb, Republika sa Pilipinas * cbk, República de Filipinas * hil, Republ ...

and

Japan Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, while extending from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north ...

References

* Poppe G.T., Tagaro S.P. & Stahlschmidt P. (2015). New shelled molluscan species from the central Philippines I. Visaya. 4(3): 15-59

External links

Adams, A. (1863). On the genera and species of Fossaridae found in Japan. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. (1863) 31: 110-113
plicifera Gastropods described in 1863 {{Vanikoridae-stub