Lunatia fringilla

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Lunatia fringilla
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Littorinimorpha
Superfamily: Naticoidea
Family: Naticidae
Genus: Lunatia
Species: L. fringilla
Binomial name
Lunatia fringilla
(Dall, 1881)
Synonyms[1]
  • Euspira fringilla (Dall, 1881)
  • Natica fringilla Dall, 1881 (basionym)
  • Natica fringilla var. perla Dall, 1889

Lunatia fringilla is a species of predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Naticidae, the moon snails.[1]

Distribution

This species occurs in the Gulf of Mexico.

Description

The maximum recorded shell length is 7 mm.[2]

Habitat

Minimum recorded depth is 538 m.[2] Maximum recorded depth is 1536 m.[2]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Bouchet, P. (2012). Lunatia fringilla (Dall, 1881). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=584844 on 2012-08-16
  2. 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.
  • 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.
  • Torigoe K. & Inaba A. (2011) Revision on the classification of Recent Naticidae. Bulletin of the Nishinomiya Shell Museum 7: 133 + 15 pp., 4 pls.

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