Ascobulla fragilis
{{Short description|Species of gastropod}}
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| taxon = Ascobulla fragilis
| authority = (Jeffreys, 1856)Jeffreys J. G. (1856). "On the marine Testacea of the Piedmontese coast". Annals and Magazine of Natural History (2)17: 155-188. p. 188, pl. 2, fig. 16-17.
| synonyms = {{species list
| Cylichna fragilis | Jeffreys, 1856
| Cylindrobulla fragilisGavagnin M., Marin A., Castelluccio F., Villani G. & Cimino G. (1994) "Defensive relationships between Caulerpa prolifera and its shelled sacoglossan predators". Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 175(2): 197-210. {{doi|10.1016/0022-0981(94)90026-4}}. |
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Ascobulla fragilis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod sacoglossan mollusk in the family Volvatellidae.
The complete nucleotide sequence of the mitochondrial genome of Ascobulla fragilis has been available since 2008.Grande C., Templado J. & Zardoya R. (2008). "Evolution of gastropod mitochondrial genome arrangements". BMC Evolutionary Biology 8: 61. {{doi|10.1186/1471-2148-8-61|doi-access=free}}
Gavagnin et al. (1994) placed this species accidentally and erroneously in a different genus.
Distribution
The type locality is La Spezia, Italy.
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External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20080908174354/http://www.medslugs.de/E/Med/Ascobulla_fragilis_01.htm photo]
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Category:Gastropods described in 1856
Category:Taxa named by John Gwyn Jeffreys
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