Osvaldoginella gomezi

Osvaldoginella gomezi is a species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Cystiscidae.[1]

Osvaldoginella gomezi
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Muricoidea
Family:	Cystiscidae
Genus:	Osvaldoginella
Species:	O. gomezi
Binomial name
Osvaldoginella gomezi Espinosa & Ortea, 1997
Synonyms
Canalispira gomezi (Espinosa & Ortea, 1997) Canalispira ornata McCleery & Wakefield, 2007 (original combination)

Description

The shell of this species grows to a length of 3 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Caribbean Sea at Cuba, and in the Gulf of Mexico.

References

Citations

1. MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Osvaldoginella gomezi Espinosa & Ortea, 1997. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=420145 on 2020-07-21

Sources

• Cossignani T. (2006). Marginellidae & Cystiscidae of the World. L'Informatore Piceno. 408pp
• McCleery T. & Wakefield A. (2007). A review of the enigmatic genus Canalispira Jousseaume, 1875 (Gastropoda: Cystiscidae) with the description of three new species from the western Atlantic. Novapex 8(1): 1–10-page(s): 2
• Rosenberg, G., F. Moretzsohn, and E. F. García. 2009. Gastropoda (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, pp. 579–699 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas