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Sorgenfreispira africana

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Species of gastropod

Sorgenfreispira africana
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Mangeliidae
Genus: Sorgenfreispira
Species: S. africana
Binomial name
Sorgenfreispira africana
Ardovini, 2004
Synonyms
  • Bela africana Ardovini, 2008 (Described a second time by the same author on the erroneous assumption that his first publication at the rank of subspecies was invalid)
  • Bela brachystoma africana Ardovini, 2004 (basionym)

Sorgenfreispira africana is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mangeliidae.

Description

The adult shell grows to a length of 4 mm, its diameter 1.6 mm.

This section needs expansion. You can help by adding to it. (April 2011)

Distribution

This species is found in the Atlantic Ocean off Senegal and Angola.

References

  1. ^ Bela africana Ardovini, 2004. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 8 August 2011.
  • Ardovini R. (2004). Due nuove specie e una nuova sottospecie di Turridae dal Senegal, West Africa. Malacologia Mostra Mondiale 43: 7-9.
  • Mariottini, P., Di Giulio, A., Smriglio, C. & Oliverio, M. (2008) Notes on the Bela brachystoma complex, with description of a new species (Mollusca, Gastropoda: Conidae). Aldrovandia 4: 3-20.
  • Ardovini R. (2008) Bela africana sp. n. (Gastropoda, Turridae) West Africa, Senegal. Malacologia Mostra Mondiale 58: 12-13.

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Taxon identifiers
Bela africana


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