Cerithiopsis nana

Cerithiopsis nana
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Caenogastropoda; clade Hypsogastropoda; informal group Ptenoglossa
Superfamily:	Triphoroidea
Family:	Cerithiopsidae
Genus:	Cerithiopsis
Species:	C. nana
Binomial name
	Cerithiopsis nana; Jeffreys, 1867
Synonyms
	Cerithiopsis tubercularis var. nana Jeffreys, 1867 (original rank as variety); Nanopsis nana (Jeffreys, 1867);

Cerithiopsis nana is a species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Cerithiopsidae.^[1]

The species was described by Jeffreys in 1867.

Distribution edit

This species occurs in the Mediterranean Sea off Italy and in the Atlantic Ocean off Portugal.

^ ^a ^b Gofas, S.; Bouchet, P. (2014). Cerithiopsis nana Jeffreys, 1867. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=195912 on 2014-12-07

Cecalupo A. & Robba E. (2010) The identity of Murex tubercularis Montagu, 1803 and description of one new genus and two new species of the Cerithiopsidae (Gastropoda: Triphoroidea). Bollettino Malacologico 46: 45-64

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