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Sorgenfreispira africana

Species of gastropod From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Sorgenfreispira africana is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mangeliidae.[1]

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Sorgenfreispira africana
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Mangeliidae
Genus: Sorgenfreispira
Species:
S. africana
Binomial name
Sorgenfreispira africana
Ardovini, 2004
Synonyms[1]
  • Bela africana Ardovini, 2008 (Described a second time by the same author on the erroneous assumption that his first publication at the rank of subspecies was invalid)
  • Bela brachystoma africana Ardovini, 2004 (basionym)
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Description

The adult shell grows to a length of 4 mm, its diameter 1.6 mm.

Distribution

This species is found in the Atlantic Ocean off Senegal and Angola.

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