''Tiberia nitidula'' is a

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of sea snail, a marine gastropod

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in the

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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.Rosenberg, G. (2015). Tiberia nitidula (A. Adams, 1860). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=739738 on 2015-04-18

Description

The length of the shell measures 7 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off the

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and

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at a depth of 713 m.

References

* Higo, S., Callomon, P. & Goto, Y. (1999) ''Catalogue and Bibliography of the Marine Shell-Bearing Mollusca of Japan.'' Elle Scientific Publications, Yao, Japan, 749 pp.

External links

Pyramidellidae Gastropods described in 1860 {{Pyramidellidae-stub