Gabrielona pisinna, common name the tiny pheasant, is a species of small sea snail with calcareous opercula, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Phasianellidae, the pheasant snails.[1]

Gabrielona pisinna
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Trochida
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Phasianellidae
Subfamily: Gabrieloninae
Genus: Gabrielona
Species:
G. pisinna
Binomial name
Gabrielona pisinna
Robertson, 1973

Description edit

The size of the shell varies between 0.34 mm and 1.1 mm.

Distribution edit

This species occurs in the Indian Ocean off Mauritius and in the Pacific Ocean off New Caledonia

References edit

  1. ^ Rosenberg, G. (2012). Gabrielona pisinna Robertson, 1973. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=594541 on 2013-02-10

External links edit

  • To Barcode of Life (2 barcodes)
  • To GenBank (4 nucleotides; 2 proteins)
  • To World Register of Marine Species
  • "Gabrielona pisinna". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.