Litiopa melanostoma

Litiopa melanostoma
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Sorbeoconcha
Superfamily: Cerithioidea
Family: Litiopidae
Genus: Litiopa
Species: L. melanostoma
Binomial name
Litiopa melanostoma
(Rang, 1829)
Synonyms
  • Abaconia naufraga (Clench, 1938)
  • Bombyxinus uva Bélanger in Lesson, 1831
  • Buccinum litiopa Quoy & Gaimard, 1833
  • Litiopa bombix Kiener, 1833
  • Litiopa decussata Gould, 1852
  • Litiopa divisa Carpenter, 1855
  • Litiopa grateloupeana Drouet, 1858
  • Litiopa maculata Rang, 1829
  • Litiopa nitidula Pfeiffer, 1840
  • Litiopa striata Pfeiffer, 1840

Litiopa melanostoma, common name the brown Sargassum shell, is a species of very small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Litiopidae.[1]

Distribution

This species occurs in the Gulf of Mexico, the Caribbean Sea, the Lesser Antilles, Puerto Rico and off the Azores; in the North Atlantic Ocean, off Newfoundland.

Description

Litiopa melanostoma (Sargassum Snail) has been found to have a maximum recorded shell length of 6 mm.[2]

Habitat

The minimum recorded depth for this species is 0 m; the maximum recorded depth is 805 m.[2] The snail is known to live on floating beds of Sargassum.

References

  1. ↑ Litiopa melanostoma (Rang, 1829).  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 17 May 2010.
  2. 1 2 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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