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Vacerrena nana
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Vetigastropoda
Order:	Lepetellida
Family:	Fissurellidae
Subfamily:	Emarginulinae
Genus:	Vacerrena
Species:	V. nana
Binomial name
Vacerrena nana (H. Adams, 1872)
Synonyms
Cemoria nana Adams, 1872 (original combination) Fissurisepta joschristiaensis Drivas & Jay, 1985 Puncturella (Vacerrena) christiaensi Kilburn, 1978 Puncturella christiaensi Kilburn, 1978 Puncturella nana (H. Adams, 1872)

Vacerrena nana is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Fissurellidae, the keyhole limpets and slit limpets.

Description

The length of the shell attains 2 mm, the width 1¼ mm, the height 2 mm.

The rather solid shel is elevated-conic. It is sculptured with 15 radiating ribs, the front ones wider apart. The apex is acute and strongly recurved. The aperture is oval.

Distribution

This marine species occurs in the Red Sea.

References

1. ^ MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Vacerrena nana (H. Adams, 1872). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=865087 on 2020-09-24
2. G.W. Tryon (1890), Manual of Conchology vol. XII

• Kilburn, R. N. (1978). The Emarginulinae (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Fissurellidae) of southern Africa and Mozambique. Annals of the Natal Museum. 23(2): 431–454.
• Drivas, J. & Jay, M. (1985). Shells of Réunion. 3. Family Fissurellidae. Subfamily Emarginulinae. La Conchiglia. 17(194–195): 3–6.
• Dekker, H. & Orlin, Z. (2000) Check-list of Red Sea mollusca. Spirula, 47(supplement), 1-46.

External links

• Adams H. (1872). Further descriptions of new species of shells collected by Robert M'Andrew, Esq., in the Red Sea. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. (1872): 9-15, pl. 3
• Herbert D.G. (2015). An annotated catalogue and bibliography of the taxonomy, synonymy and distribution of the Recent Vetigastropoda of South Africa (Mollusca). Zootaxa. 4049(1): 1-98
• World Register of Marine Species

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