Ammonicera minortalis
| Ammonicera minortalis | |
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| Shell of Ammonicera minortalis (paratype at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Family: | Omalogyridae |
| Genus: | Ammonicera |
| Species: | A. minortalis
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| Binomial name | |
| Ammonicera minortalis Rolán, 1992
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Ammonicera minortalis is a species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Omalogyridae. [1]
Description
[edit]The diameter of the shell varies between 0.2 mm and 0.4 mm.
This is the smallest living gastropod in the United States. The structure of the shell is very similar to Ammonicera japonica.[2]
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Distribution
[edit]This marine species occurs off Cuba, Jamaica, the Bahamas and Mexico.
References
[edit]- ^ Ammonicera minortalisRolán, 1992. 17 January 2025. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species.
- ^ Bieler, R. & Mikkelsen, P. M. (1998). "Ammonicera in Florida: Notes on the smallest living gastropod in the United States and comments on other species of Omalogyridae (Heterobranchia)". The Nautilus. 111 (1): 1–12.
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- Rolán, E. (1992). "The family Omalogyridae G.O. Sars, 1878 (Mollusca, Gastropoda) in Cuba with description of eight new species". Apex. 7: 42. Retrieved 17 January 2025.
- Rosenberg, G.; Moretzsohn, F.; García, E. F. (2009). Gastropoda (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 579–699 in: Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. College Station, Texas: Texas A&M Press.
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