''Serrata stylaster'' 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 Marginellidae, the margin snails.

Description

The shell grows to a length of 4.7 mm

Distribution

This species occurs in the Pacific Ocean off

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References

* Boyer F. (2001). ''Espèces nouvelles de Marginellidae du niveau bathyal de la Nouvelle-Calédonie''. Novapex 2(4): 157–169 * Boyer F. (2008) ''The genus Serrata Jousseaume, 1875 (Caenogastropoda: Marginellidae) in New Caledonia''. In: V. Héros, R.H. Cowie & P. Bouchet (eds), Tropical Deep-Sea Benthos 25. Mémoires du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle 196: 389–436. page(s): 421 Marginellidae Gastropods described in 2001 {{Marginellidae-stub