Cylindrobulla beauii

Cylindrobulla beauii
drawing of the shell of Cylindrobulla beauii from its original description by Paul Henri Fischer (1857)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura
clade Panpulmonata
clade Sacoglossa
Superfamily: Cylindrobulloidea
Family: Cylindrobullidae
Genus: Cylindrobulla
Species: C. beauii
Binomial name
Cylindrobulla beauii
P. Fischer, 1857[1]

Cylindrobulla beauii is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cylindrobullidae.

Cylindrobulla beauii is the type species of the genus Cylindrobulla.

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Description

The maximum recorded shell length is 13.6 mm.[2]

Habitat

Minimum recorded depth is 0 m.[2] Maximum recorded depth is 40 m.[2]

References

  1. ^ (French) Fischer P. H. (1857). "Description d'espèces nouvelles". Journal de conchyliologie 5: 273-277. Plate 8, figure 8-9.
  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.