''Crisilla ugesae'' 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 Rissoidae
Rissoidae is a large family of very small and minute sea snails with an operculum, marine gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Rissooidea and the order Littorinimorpha.
Distribution and habitat
This family of snails is found worldwide. They ...
.
[{MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Crisilla ugesae (Verduin, 1988). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1326125 on 2022-05-30]
Description
Distribution
References
* Oliver, J. D.; Rolán, E.; Templado, J. (2019). The littoral species of the genus Crisilla Monterosato, 1917 (Caenogastropoda, Rissoidae) in Azores, Madeira, Selvagens and Canary Islands with notes on West African taxa and the description of four new species. Iberus. 37(1): 23-80
External links
Verduin A. (1988). ''On the taxonomy of some Rissoacean species from Europe, Madeira and the Canary Islands''. Basteria 52: 9-35
Crisilla
Gastropods described in 1988
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