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Serrata stylaster

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Serrata stylaster
Shell of Serrata stylaster (holotype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Marginellidae
Genus: Serrata
Species:
S. stylaster
Binomial name
Serrata stylaster
(Boyer, 2001) [1]
Synonyms[2]

Dentimargo stylaster Boyer, 2001 (basionym)

Serrata stylaster is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Marginellidae, the margin snails.[2]

Description

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The shell grows to a length of 4.7 mm

Distribution

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This species occurs in the Pacific Ocean off New Caledonia

References

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  • Boyer F. (2001). Espèces nouvelles de Marginellidae du niveau bathyal de la Nouvelle-Calédonie. Novapex 2(4): 157–169
  • Boyer F. (2008) The genus Serrata Jousseaume, 1875 (Caenogastropoda: Marginellidae) in New Caledonia. In: V. Héros, R.H. Cowie & P. Bouchet (eds), Tropical Deep-Sea Benthos 25. Mémoires du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle 196: 389–436. page(s): 421