Lithopoma caelatum
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| Lithopoma caelatum | |
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| Shell of Lithopoma caelatum (Gmelin, 1791), with
operculum, measuring 51.9 mm in height by 51.2 mm diameter, found on reefs off Fajardo, in Puerto Rico. | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Vetigastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Trochoidea |
| Family: | Turbinidae |
| Subfamily: | Turbininae |
| Genus: | Lithopoma |
| Species: | L. caelatum |
| Binomial name | |
| Lithopoma caelatum (Gmelin, 1791) | |
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Lithopoma caelatum is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Turbinidae, the turban snails.[1]
Distribution
This species occurs in the Gulf of Mexico, the Caribbean Sea and the Lesser Antilles.
Description
The maximum recorded shell length is 100 mm.[2]
Habitat
Minimum recorded depth is 0 m.[2] Maximum recorded depth is 44 m.[2]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Lithopoma caelatum (Gmelin, 1791). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 10 November 2011.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 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.
- Turgeon, D.D., et al. 1998. Common and scientific names of aquatic invertebrates of the United States and Canada. American Fisheries Society Special Publication 26 page(s): 59
- Williams, S.T. (2007). Origins and diversification of Indo-West Pacific marine fauna: evolutionary history and biogeography of turban shells (Gastropoda, Turbinidae). Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 2007, 92, 573–592
- Rosenberg, G., F. Moretzsohn, and E. F. García. 2009. Gastropoda (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 579–699 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas
- Alf A. & Kreipl K. (2011) The family Turbinidae. Subfamilies Turbininae Rafinesque, 1815 and Prisogasterinae Hickman & McLean, 1990. In: G.T. Poppe & K. Groh (eds), A Conchological Iconography. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. pp. 1-82, pls 104-245.
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