Sandalia meyeriana is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Ovulidae, the ovulids, cowry allies or false cowries.[1]

Sandalia meyeriana
Shell of Sandalia meyeriana (holotype at MNHN, Paris)
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Ovulidae
Genus: Sandalia
Species:
S. meyeriana
Binomial name
Sandalia meyeriana
(Cate, 1973)
Synonyms[1]
  • Aperiovula meyeriana Cate, 1973
  • Aperiovula takae Cate, 1973
  • Aperiovula takaeopsis Cate, 1978
  • Aperiovula testudiana C. N. Cate, 1978 ·
  • Crenavolva testudiana Cate, 1978

Description

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The length of the shell attains 14.2 mm.

Distribution

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This marine species occurs off Japan.

References

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  1. ^ a b Sandalia meyeriana (Cate, 1973). WoRMS (2009). Sandalia meyeriana (Cate, 1973). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=430624 on 5 June 2010 .
  • Cate C.N. (1978). New species of Ovulidae and reinstatement of Margovula pyrulina (A. Adams, 1854). The Nautilus 92(4): 160-167
  • Lorenz F. & Fehse D. (2009) The living Ovulidae. A manual of the families of allied cowries: Ovulidae, Pediculariidae and Eocypraeidae. Hackenheim: Conchbooks
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