Larsenia scalaroides
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| Larsenia scalaroides | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Littorinimorpha |
| Superfamily: | Vanikoroidea |
| Family: | Vanikoridae |
| Genus: | Larsenia |
| Species: | L. scalaroides |
| Binomial name | |
| Larsenia scalaroides Warén, 1989 | |
Larsenia scalaroides is a species of extremely small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Vanikoridae.[1]
Distribution
Description
The maximum recorded shell length is 1.9 mm.[2]
Habitat
The minimum recorded depth is 156 m; the maximum recorded depth is 900 m.[2]
References
- ↑ Larsenia scalaroides Warén, 1989. Gofas, S. (2009). Larsenia scalaroides Warén, 1989. In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through the World Register of Marine Species at http://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=141888 on 14 August 2010.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 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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