| Ammonicera fischeriana | |
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| Shell of Ammonicera fischeriana (specimen at the Natural History Museum Rotterdam) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Family: | Omalogyridae |
| Genus: | Ammonicera |
| Species: | A. fischeriana |
| Binomial name | |
| Ammonicera fischeriana (Monterosato, 1869) | |
| Synonyms | |
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Homalogyra fischeriana Monterosato, 1869 · (original combination) | |
Ammonicera fischeriana is a species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Omalogyridae.
Description
The length of the shell attains 0.8 mm.
(Original description in French) A very small, discoidal, planorbiform shell, coiled in a single plane, symmetrical, and transparent. It is decorated with fine growth striations visible only under magnification.
The shell exhibits a whitish coloration accented by three equidistant reddish-brown bands: one near the top, one in the middle, and one at the bottom. It has four regularly coiled whorls, with the body whorl rounded. The aperture is circular, with a simple peristome that is neither reflected nor thickened.
Distribution
This marine species occurs in the Mediterranean Sea off the Balearic Islands, France, Italy, Greece, Tunisia, Turkey.
References
- Ammonicera fischeriana (Monterosato, 1869). 19 January 2025. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species.
- Monterosato, T.A. di (1869). "Description d'espèces nouvelles de la Méditerranée". Journal de Conchyliologie. 7 (3): 274–275. Retrieved 19 January 2025.
This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
External links
- Oliver, J. D.; Rolán, E. (2015). "The genus Ammonicera (Heterobranchia, Omalogyridae) in the Eastern Atlantic. 1: the species of the Iberian Peninsula". Iberus. 33 (1): 60–74.
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| Ammonicera fischeriana | |