''Megastomia boteroi'' is a
species
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of
sea snail, a
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gastropod mollusk
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in the
family
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Pyramidellidae
Pyramidellidae, common name the pyram family, or pyramid shells, is a voluminous taxonomic family of mostly small and minute ectoparasitic sea snails, marine heterobranch gastropod molluscs. The great majority of species of pyrams are micr ...
, the pyrams and their allies.
[Gofas, S. (2015). Megastomia boteroi (Schander, 1994). In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=762020 on 2015-12-13]
Description
The size of the shell attains 4 mm.
Distribution
This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off
Senegal
Senegal,; Wolof: ''Senegaal''; Pulaar: 𞤅𞤫𞤲𞤫𞤺𞤢𞥄𞤤𞤠(Senegaali); Arabic: السنغال ''As-Sinighal'') officially the Republic of Senegal,; Wolof: ''Réewum Senegaal''; Pulaar : 𞤈𞤫𞤲𞤣𞤢𞥄𞤲𞤣� ...
.
References
Peñas A. & Rolán E., 1999. ''La familia Pyramidellidae Gray, 1840 (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Heterostropha) en Africa Occidental. 4. los géneros Megastomia, Odostomia, Noemiamea y Syrnola''. Iberus, suplemento 5: 1-150
External links
To World Register of Marine Species
Pyramidellidae
Gastropods described in 1994
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