Caecum cooperi

Caecum cooperi
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Littorinimorpha
Superfamily: Rissooidea
Family: Caecidae
Genus: Caecum
Species: C. cooperi
Binomial name
Caecum cooperi
S. Smith, 1860

Caecum cooperi, common name the Cooper's Atlantic caecum, is a species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Caecidae.[1]

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Distribution

Description

The maximum recorded shell length is 6.1 mm.[2]

Habitat

Minimum recorded depth is 0 m.[2] Maximum recorded depth is 73 m.[2]

References

  1. ^ Caecum cooperi S. Smith, 1860. WoRMS (2010). Caecum cooperi S. Smith, 1860. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=160193 on 9 August 2010.
  2. ^ a b c 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.