Mirarissoina bermudezi

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Mirarissoina bermudezi
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Littorinimorpha
Superfamily: Rissooidea
Family: Rissoinidae
Genus: Mirarissoina
Species: M. bermudezi
Binomial name
Mirarissoina bermudezi
(Aguayo & Rehder, 1936)
Synonyms

Folinia bermudezi (Aguayo & Rehder, 1936)

Mirarissoina bermudezi is a species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Rissoinidae.[1]

Distribution

This species occurs in the Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico.

Description

The maximum recorded shell length is 5.2 mm.[2]

Habitat

Minimum recorded depth is 0 m.[2] Maximum recorded depth is 73 m.[2]

References

  1. Folinia bermudezi (Aguayo & Rehder, 1936). WoRMS (2010). Folinia bermudezi (Aguayo & Rehder, 1936). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=419622 on 9 August 2010.
  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
  • Faber M.J. & Moolenbeek R.G. (2013) Two new species of Rissoinidae from Guadeloupe (Gastropoda: Rissooidea). Miscellanea Malacologica 6(1): 9-14

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