Fossarus elegans

Fossarus elegans
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Sorbeoconcha
Superfamily: Cerithioidea
Family: Planaxidae
Subfamily: Fossariinae
Genus: Fossarus
Species: F. elegans
Binomial name
Fossarus elegans
Verrill & Smith, 1882

Fossarus elegans is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Planaxidae.[1]

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Distribution

Description

The maximum recorded shell length is 5.3 mm.[2]

Habitat

Minimum recorded depth is 128 m.[2] Maximum recorded depth is 260 m.[2]

References

  1. ^ Fossarus elegans Verrill & Smith, 1882.  Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=159769 on 17 May 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.