Setia ambigua

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Setia ambigua
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S. ambigua
Binomial name
Setia ambigua
(Brugnone, 1873)
Synonyms
  • Rissoa alleryana Aradas & Benoit, 1874
  • Rissoa ambigua Brugnone, 1873

Setia ambigua is a species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Rissoidae.[1]

Description[]

Members of the order Neotaenioglossa are mostly gonochoric and broadcast spawners. Life cycle: Embryos develop into planktonic trocophore larvae and later into juvenile veligers before becoming fully grown adults.[1]

Distribution[]

Mediterranean Sea.

References[]

  1. ^ a b Setia ambigua (Brugnone, 1873). Gofas, S. (2009). Setia ambigua (Brugnone, 1873). In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through the World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=141380 on 9 August 2010 .
  • Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels. 50: pp. 180–213
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