Carinapex minutissima is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Horaiclavidae.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Horaiclavidae |
| Genus: | Carinapex |
| Species: | C. minutissima
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| Binomial name | |
| Carinapex minutissima (Garrett, 1873)
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| Synonyms[1] | |
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Drillia minutissima Garrett, 1873 | |
It was previously included within the subfamily Crassispirinae in the family Turridae.[1]
Description edit
The length of the shell varies between 2 mm and 3 mm.
(Original description) The minute, solid shell has an elongate ovate shape. The light brown spire is rather short. It contains 6 whorls, spirally granulated. The granules are rather large, closely set, disposed in two rows on the whorls of the spire, the lower one the larger. The base is contracted and spirally ridged. The aperture is ovate, deep-brown, one-third the length of the shell. The posterior sinus is large, circular, margins nearly united. The peristome is rather sharp and strongly arched. The columella is smooth and nearly vertical.[2][3]
Distribution edit
This marine species occurs off Hawaii, the Philippines, Taiwan and Réunion
References edit
- ^ a b Carinapex minutissima. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 4 April 2010.
- ^ Garrett A. (1873). New species of marine shells inhabiting the South Sea islands. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 25: 209–231, pl. 2–3
- ^ Charles Howard Edmondson (December 1977). Reef and Shore Fauna of Hawaii. Bishop Museum. p. 126. ISBN 0910240221.
External links edit
- Tucker, J.K. 2004 Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Zootaxa 682:1–1295.
- "Carinapex minutissima". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 15 January 2019.
- Specimen at MNHN, Paris