Granigyra granulifera is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk, unassigned in the superfamily Seguenzioidea.[2]

Granigyra granulifera
Shell of Granigyra granulifera (holotype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Family: incertae sedis
Genus: Granigyra
Species:
G. granulifera
Binomial name
Granigyra granulifera
Warén, 1992 [1]

Description

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The size of the shell varies between 1.3 mm and 1.7 mm.

Distribution

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This species is found at bathyal depths in the Mediterranean Sea; in the Atlantic Ocean off Madeira and the Bay of Biscay.

References

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  1. ^ Warén A., 1992: New and little known "Skeneimorph" gastropods from the Mediterranean Sea and the adjacent Atlantic Ocean; Bollettino Malacologico 27(10-12): 149–248
  2. ^ Granigyra granulifera Warén, 1992. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 26 March 2013.
  • Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 180–213
  • Sysoev A.V. (2014). Deep-sea fauna of European seas: An annotated species check-list of benthic invertebrates living deeper than 2000 m in the seas bordering Europe. Gastropoda. Invertebrate Zoology. Vol.11. No.1: 134–155
  • Hoffman, L.; Gofas, S.; Freiwald, A. (2020). A large biodiversity of "skeneimorph" (Gastropoda: Vetigastropoda) species from the South Azorean Seamount Chain, with the description of seventeen new species. Iberus. 38 (supplement 9): 1–82
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