Zebinella elegantula explained

Zebinella elegantula is a species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Rissoinidae.^[1]

Description

The length of the shell attains 7 mm.

(Original description) The white shell is elongately pyramidal and moderately solid. The shell consists of eight whorls, slightly convex, longitudinally, closely and regularly finely plicate. The interstices (especially on the body whorl) are crossed by fine lirae. The sutures are distinct. The aperture is subovate. The outer lip is thickened and slightly sinuous at the base of the columella. ^[2]

Distribution

This marine species is endemic to Australia and occurs off New South Wales, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria and Western Australia

References

• Iredale, T. & McMichael, D.F. 1962. A reference list of the marine Mollusca of New South Wales. Memoirs of the Australian Museum 11: 1–109
• Laseron, C.F. 1950. Review of the Rissoidae of New South Wales. Records of the Australian Museum 22: 257-287, figs 1-94
• Sleurs, W.J.M. 1992. Een systatische en zoogeografische studie van de Rissoininae (Stimpson, 1865) (Gastropoda: Rissoidae), met inbegrip van een revisie van de recente soorten. Katholieke Universiteit Leuven : Thesis 503 pp.

External links

• Beechey, D. 2010. Rissoina (Rissoina) elegantula Angas, 1880. The seashells of New South Wales website.

Notes and References

1. MolluscaBase eds. (2023). MolluscaBase. Zebinella elegantula (Angas, 1880). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=829291 on 2023-10-24
2. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28522586 Angas, G. F. (1880). Further additions to the marine molluscan fauna of South Australia, with descriptions of new species. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 1880: 415–417, pl. 40