Kingdom Animalia Superfamily Phasianelloidea Subfamily Moelleriinae Scientific name Moelleria costulata Rank Species | Class Gastropoda Family Colloniidae Genus Moelleria Phylum Mollusca | |
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Similar Homalopoma, Margarites, Turbinidae | ||
Moelleria costulata, common name the ribbed moelleria, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Colloniidae.
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Description
The size of the shell varies between 0.5 mm and 2.6 mm. The shell is ribbed longitudinally.
Distribution
This marine species occurs in circum-Arctic waters, off Alaska, in European waters, the Northwest Atlantic Ocean and down south to Morocco.
References
Moelleria costulata Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA