Setia ambigua is a species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Rissoidae.[1]

Setia ambigua
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Rissoidae
Genus: Setia
Species:
S. ambigua
Binomial name
Setia ambigua
(Brugnone, 1873)
Synonyms
  • Rissoa alleryana Aradas & Benoit, 1874
  • Rissoa ambigua Brugnone, 1873

Description

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Members of the order Neotaenioglossa are mostly gonochoric and broadcast spawners. Life cycle: Embryos develop into planktonic trochophore larvae and later into juvenile veligers before becoming fully grown adults.[1]

Distribution

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Mediterranean Sea.

References

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  1. ^ a b Setia ambigua (Brugnone, 1873). Gofas, S. (2009). Setia ambigua (Brugnone, 1873). In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through the World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=141380 on 9 August 2010 .
  • 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