Vacerrena nana

Vacerrena nana
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Vetigastropoda
Order:
Family:	Fissurellidae
Subfamily:	Emarginulinae
Genus:	Vacerrena
Species:	V. nana
Binomial name
Vacerrena nana (H. Adams, 1872)
Synonyms[1]
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.^[1]

Distribution[]

This marine species occurs in the Red Sea.

References[]

• 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
• To World Register of Marine Species