Cerithiella macroura
| Cerithiella macroura | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Triphoroidea |
| Family: | Newtoniellidae |
| Genus: | Cerithiella |
| Species: | C. macroura |
| Binomial name | |
| Cerithiella macroura (Melvill & Standen, 1912) | |
Cerithiella macroura is a species of very small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Newtoniellidae. It was described by Melvill and Standen, in 1912.[1]
Description
The maximum recorded shell length is 3.55 mm.[2]
Habitat
Minimum recorded depth is 102 m.[2] Maximum recorded depth is 102 m.[2]
References
- ↑ Cerithiella macroura at World Register of Marine Species.
- 1 2 3 Welch J. J. (2010). "The "Island Rule" and Deep-Sea Gastropods: Re-Examining the Evidence". PLoS ONE 5(1): e8776. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0008776.
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