''Clinura vitrea'' is a
species 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 in the
family Raphitomidae
Raphitomidae is a family of small to medium-sized sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Conoidea.Bouchet P. & Rocroi J.-P. (Ed.) (2005). "Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families". ''Malacologia'' 47(1-2). . 39 ...
.
Description
The length of the shell attains 21.3 mm, its diameter 10.5 mm.
Distribution
This marine species occurs off the
Tanimbar Islands, eastern
Indonesia and in the
Banda Sea at depths between 417 m and 425 m.
References
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External links
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MNHN, Paris: holotype
vitrea
''Vitrea'' is a genus of small, air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Pristilomatidae.
According to the World Register of Marine Species this genus belongs in the family ''Zonitidae''.
Species
This ge ...
Gastropods described in 1997
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