| Serrata summa | |
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| Shell of Serrata summa (holotype at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Family: | Marginellidae |
| Genus: | Serrata |
| Species: | S. summa |
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| Serrata summa Boyer, 2008 | |
Serrata summa is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Marginellidae, the margin snails.
The name comes from the Latin summus, similar to the English summit, referring to where the species was found, which was on the crest of a seamount.
Description
The length of the shell attains 4.4 mm.
The shell is slender, solid, and opaque. It has a short spire and a narrow aperture. Its dimensions are approximately 4.4 x 2.05 millimeters.
Distribution
This marine species occurs off New Caledonia (depth range 266–267 m.) It has been found in the locality of Norfolk Ridge.
Similar species
References
- Boyer (2008). Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle 196 : 389–436. World Register of Marine Species, Retrieved 24 April 2010.
- Serrata summa Boyer, 2008. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 24 April 2010.
- ^ BOYER F. 2008. — The genus Serrata Jousseaume, 1875 (Caenogastropoda: Marginellidae) in New Caledonia, in HÉROS V., COWIE R. H. & BOUCHET P. (eds), Tropical Deep-Sea Benthos 25. Mémoires du Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle 196: 389-436. Paris ISBN: 978-2-85653-614-8.
- Boyer, F. (2008). The genus Serrata Jousseaume, 1875 (Caenogastropoda: Marginellidae) in New Caledonia. in: Héros, V. et al. (Ed.) Tropical Deep-Sea Benthos 25. Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle (1993). 196: 389-436
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