Schwartziella minima is a species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Zebinidae.[1] The species name minima is Latin and refers to the small size of the shell.[2]
| Schwartziella minima | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Littorinimorpha |
| Family: | Zebinidae |
| Genus: | Schwartziella |
| Species: | S. minima
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| Binomial name | |
| Schwartziella minima Rolán & Luque, 2000
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Description
editThe length of the shell is up to 2.8 mm, maximum width 1.3 mm.[2]
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Distribution
editThis species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off the Cape Verdes.
References
edit- ^ Schwartziella minima Rolán & Luque, 2000. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 3 December 2018.
- ^ a b Rolán E. & Luque Á.A. 2000. The subfamily Rissoininae (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Rissoidae) in the Cape Verde Archipelago (West Africa). Iberus 18(1): 21-94
- Rolán E., 2005. Malacological Fauna From The Cape Verde Archipelago. Part 1, Polyplacophora and Gastropoda.