Zeidora nesta is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Fissurellidae, the keyhole limpets and slit limpets.[1]
| Zeidora nesta | |
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| Shells of Zeidora nesta (holotype) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
| Order: | Lepetellida |
| Family: | Fissurellidae |
| Subfamily: | Zeidorinae |
| Genus: | Zeidora |
| Species: | Z. nesta
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| Binomial name | |
| Zeidora nesta (Pilsbry, 1890)
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Description edit
The length of the shell is 5.5 mm, its height 1.3 mm.
(Original description) The thin, snowy-white shell is oblong-oval. It is beautifully decussated with elevated very delicate concentric and radiating lirulae. The; dorsal sulcus has distinct sides, transversely striated. The front fissure is strong. The margin of the aperture is a little thickened behind and delicately crenulated all around.[2]
Distribution edit
This species occurs in the Red Sea, in the Persian Gulf and along Réunion
References edit
- ^ Bouchet, P. (2012). Zeidora nesta (Pilsbry, 1890). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=577654 on 2012-12-31
- ^ Pilsbry, H. A. (1890-1891). Manual of conchology, structural and systematic, with illustrations of the species. Ser. 1. Vol. 12: Stomatellidae, Scissurellidae, Pleurotomariidae, Haliotidae, Scutellinidae, Addisoniidae, Cocculinidae, Fissurellidae. pp 1-323, pls 1-65. Philadelphia, published by the Conchological Section, Academy of Natural Sciences.
- Vine, P. (1986). Red Sea Invertebrates. Immel Publishing, London. 224 pp.
- Herbert D.G. (1987) Taxonomic studies on the Emarginulinae (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Fissurellidae) of southern Africa and Mozambique. Hemitoma, Clypidina, Tugali, Scutus, Zeidora and two species of Emarginula. South African Journal of Zoology 22(1): 1-13
- Poppe G.T. & Tagaro S.P. (2020). The Fissurellidae from the Philippines with the description of 26 new species. Visaya. suppl. 13: 1-131
External links edit
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- Adams, H. (1870). Descriptions of a new genus, and of eighteen new species of Molluscs. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 1870: 5-9
- Herbert D.G. (2015). An annotated catalogue and bibliography of the taxonomy, synonymy and distribution of the Recent Vetigastropoda of South Africa (Mollusca). Zootaxa. 4049(1): 1-98
- Aldea, C.; Zelaya, D. G. & Troncoso, J. S. (2011). A new gigantic species of Zeidora Adams, 1860 from Antarctic waters (Gastropoda: Fissurellidae). The Nautilus. 125(2): 79-82.
- To World Register of Marine Species
- "Zeidora nesta". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 27 July 2011.