Moelleria costulata, common name the ribbed moelleria, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Colloniidae.[2]
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| Species: | M. costulata
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| Moelleria costulata (Møller, 1842)[1]
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Description
editThe size of the shell varies between 0.5 mm and 2.6 mm. The shell is ribbed longitudinally.
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Distribution
editThis marine species occurs in circum-Arctic waters, off Alaska, in European waters, the Northwest Atlantic Ocean and down south to Morocco.
References
edit- ^ Möller, H. P. C. 1842. Index molluscorum Groenlandiae. Naturhistorisk Tidsskrift 4: 76–97.
- ^ Moelleria costulata (Møller, 1842). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 19 June 2012.
- Mighels, J. W. 1843. Descriptions of six species of shells regarded as new. Boston Journal of Natural History 4: 345–350, pl. 16.
- Verkrüzen, T. A. 1877. Liste der von T. A. Verkrüzen in 1876 in Neufundland und Nova Scotia gesammelten Mollusken. Nachrichtsblatt der Deutschen Malakozoologischen Gesellschaft 9: 52–57.
- Turgeon, D.D., et al. 1998. Common and scientific names of aquatic invertebrates of the United States and Canada. American Fisheries Society Special Publication 26-page(s): 60
- Brunel, P., L. Bosse, & G. Lamarche. (1998). Catalogue of the marine invertebrates of the estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence. Canadian Special Publication of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 126. 405 p.
- 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
- Trott, T.J. 2004. Cobscook Bay inventory: a historical checklist of marine invertebrates spanning 162 years. Northeastern Naturalist (Special Issue 2): 261 – 324
External links
edit- "Moelleria costulata". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.