Tiny Glossy Venus [Mesoginella microtrina]
Description
Native to the Western Atlantic, particularly the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean Sea. This species is a small bivalve, with a shell measuring only about 4 millimeters. The shell is glossy, oval-shaped, and typically pale yellow to white in color. It inhabits muddy or sandy substrates in shallow waters.
Taxonomy
| Phylum |
Mollusks
Mollusca
|
|---|---|
| Class |
Gastropods
Gastropoda
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| Order |
Neogastropoda
Neogastropoda
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| Family |
Margin snails
Marginellidae
|
| Genus |
Mesoginella
Mesoginella
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