Granigyra spinulosa

Granigyra spinulosa is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the superfamily Seguenzioidea.[2]

Granigyra spinulosa
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Family: incertae sedis
Genus: Granigyra
Species:
G. spinulosa
Binomial name
Granigyra spinulosa
Bush, 1897 [1]
Synonyms

Ganesa spinulosa (Bush, 1897)

Description

The shell grows to a height of 2.5 mm. The shell has a delicate yellow color with coarse and very conspicuous granulation of the surface. When seen in profile, they appear like little spines. It has about three well-rounded, rather loosely coiled whorls, forming an elevated spire with relatively large, prominent nuclear whorl and a very large body whorl. The well-marked suture is rather deep. The deep umbilicus is relatively large and has rounded walls. The peritreme of the aperture is slightly attached at the suture.[3]

Distribution

This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off the Bahamas, found at a depth of over 600 m.

References
  1. Bush, K. J. 1897. Revision of the marine gastropods referred to Cyclostrema, Adeorbis, Vitrinella, and related genera; with descriptions of some new genera and species belonging to the Atlantic fauna of America. Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences 10: 97-144, pls. 22-23.
  2. Rosenberg, G. (2012). Granigyra spinulosa Bush, 1897. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=532885 on 26 March 2013
  3. Bush, K. J. 1897. Revision of the marine gastropods referred to Cyclostrema, Adeorbis, Vitrinella, and related genera; with descriptions of some new genera and species belonging to the Atlantic fauna of America. Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences 10: 97-144, pls. 22-23.
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