Serrata carinata
species of mollusc
Serrata carinata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Marginellidae, the margin snails.
Description
A brownish stained thin and opaque marine shell ovate fusiform. The length of the shell attains 6.65 x 3.20 mm, and was found about 635-680 m in Norfolk Ridge, south of New Caledonia. Originally discovered by F. Boyer presumably in 2008.
Distribution
This marine species occurs off New Caledonia (depth range 635-680 m).
References
Boyer, F. (2008). The genus Serrata Jousseaume, 1875 (Caenogastropoda: Marginellidae) in New Caledonia. in: Héros, V. et al. (Ed.) Tropical Deep-Sea Benthos 25. Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle (1993).
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