Sandalia meyeriana is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Ovulidae, the ovulids, cowry allies or false cowries.[1]
| Sandalia meyeriana | |
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| Shell of Sandalia meyeriana (holotype at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Littorinimorpha |
| Family: | Ovulidae |
| Genus: | Sandalia |
| Species: | S. meyeriana
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| Binomial name | |
| Sandalia meyeriana (Cate, 1973)
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| Synonyms[1] | |
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Description edit
The length of the shell attains 14.2 mm.
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Distribution edit
This marine species occurs off Japan.
References edit
- ^ a b Sandalia meyeriana (Cate, 1973). WoRMS (2009). Sandalia meyeriana (Cate, 1973). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=430624 on 5 June 2010 .
- Cate C.N. (1978). New species of Ovulidae and reinstatement of Margovula pyrulina (A. Adams, 1854). The Nautilus 92(4): 160-167
- Lorenz F. & Fehse D. (2009) The living Ovulidae. A manual of the families of allied cowries: Ovulidae, Pediculariidae and Eocypraeidae. Hackenheim: Conchbooks
External links edit
- Cate C.N. (1973). A systematic revision of the recent cypraeid family Ovulidae. The Veliger. 15 (supplement): 1-117
- Cate C.N. (1978). Recently discovered new species of Ovulidae chiefly from Wakayama Prefecture, Japan (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Venus. 37(4): 191-204