Neverita delessertiana
| Neverita delessertiana | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Littorinimorpha |
| Superfamily: | Naticoidea |
| Family: | Naticidae |
| Genus: | Neverita |
| Species: | N. delessertiana |
| Binomial name | |
| Neverita delessertiana (Récluz, 1843) | |
Neverita delessertiana is a species of predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Naticidae, the moon snails.[1]
N. delessertiana was long considered to be merely a form of the much more common and much more widely distributed species Neverita duplicata. In 2006 a paper was published which made it clear that Neverita delessertiana is a different species than N. duplicata.[2]
Distribution
This species is found in the United States in East Florida, West Florida, the Florida Keys, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana and Texas.
Description
The maximum recorded shell length is 67.5 mm.[3]
Habitat
The minimum recorded depth for this species is 0 m; the maximum recorded depth is 0 m.[3]
References
- ↑ Neverita delessertiana (Récluz, 1843). WoRMS (2010). Neverita delessertiana (Récluz, 1843). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=419761 on 17 June 2010.
- ↑ Huelsken, T. et al. (2006) Neverita delessertiana (Recluz in Chenu, 1843): a naticid species (Gastropoda: Caenogastropoda) distinct from Neverita duplicata (Say, 1822) based on molecular data, morphological characters, and geographical distribution. Zootaxa, 1-25. PDF.
- 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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