Scaevatula pellisserpentis

Scaevatula pellisserpentis
Conservation status
Data Deficient  (IUCN 2.3)[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Clavatulidae
Genus:	Scaevatula
Species:	S. pellisserpentis
Binomial name
Scaevatula pellisserpentis Gofas, 1990

Scaevatula pellisserpentis is a species of small predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Clavatulidae.^[2][3]

Description

The shell grows to a length of 8 mm. Its whorls are sinistral.

Distribution

This marine species is endemic to São Tomé and Príncipe.

References

1. Gasgoigne, A. (1996). "Scaevatula pellisserpentis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 1996: e.T19939A9111265. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.1996.RLTS.T19939A9111265.en. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
2. Scaevatula pellisserpentis Gofas, 1990. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 6 December 2018.
3. P. Bouchet; Yu. I. Kantor; A. Sysoev & N. Puillandre (2011). "A new operational classification of the Conoidea (Gastropoda)". Journal of Molluscan Studies. 77 (3): 273–308. doi:10.1093/mollus/eyr017.

• Gofas, S. (1990) Scaevatula n. gen., a sinistral clavatuline turrid from West Africa. Archiv für Molluskenkunde, 120, 11–22

External links

• "Scaevatula pellisserpentis". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 26 August 2011.
• Holotype in the MNHN, Paris