Lodderena ornata

Lodderena ornata
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Vetigastropoda
Order:	Trochida
Superfamily:	Trochoidea
Genus:	Lodderena
Species:	L. ornata
Binomial name
Lodderena ornata (Olsson & McGinty, 1958)
Synonyms
Cyclostremiscus emeryi auct. non Ladd, 1966 Cyclostremiscus ornatus Olsson & McGinty, 1958 Cyclostremiscus solitarius Hertlein & Allison, 1968 Pachystremiscus ornata Olsson & McGinty, 1958

Lodderena ornata is a species of small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Skeneidae.[1]

Description

The size of the shell is 0.8 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off the Cape Verde Islands, the Gulf of Guinea, off Brazil; in the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean Sea. It has also been reported in the Indian Ocean.

References

1. Lodderena ornata (Olsson & McGinty, 1958). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 21 April 2010.

• Olsson, A. A. and T. L. McGinty. 1958. Recent marine mollusks from the Caribbean coast of Panama with the description of some new genera and species. Bulletins of American Paleontology 39: 1–58, pls. 1–5.
• Rolán E., 2005. Malacological Fauna From The Cape Verde Archipelago. Part 1, Polyplacophora and Gastropoda

External links

• "Lodderena ornata". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.