Onoba grisea
species of mollusc
Onoba grisea is a species of small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Rissoidae.
Description
The maximum recorded shell length is 2.52 mm.
Habitat
Minimum recorded depth is 0 m. Maximum recorded depth is 102 m.
References
Ponder, W. F. (1983) Rissoaform gastropods from the Antarctic and sub-Antarctic: the Eatoniellidae, Rissoidae, Barleeidae, Cingulopsidae, Orbitestellidae and Rissoellidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) of Signy Island, South Orkney Islands, with a review of the Antarctic and sub-Antarctic (excluding southern South America and the New Zealand sub-Antarctic islands) species.
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