Onoba georgiana

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Onoba georgiana
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Littorinimorpha
Superfamily: Rissooidea
Family: Rissoidae
Genus: Onoba
Species: O. georgiana
Binomial name
Onoba georgiana
(Pfeffer, 1886)
Synonyms

Rissoia insignificans Strebel, 1908

Onoba georgiana is a species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Rissoidae.[1]

Distribution

Description

The maximum recorded shell length is 2.7 mm.[2]

Habitat

Minimum recorded depth is 0 m.[2] Maximum recorded depth is 168 m.[2]

References

  1. Onoba georgiana (Pfeffer, 1886). WoRMS (2009). Onoba georgiana (Pfeffer, 1886). Accessed through the World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=197325 on 23 June 2012.
  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.
  • Ponder W. F. (1983). Rissoaform gastropods from the Antarctic and sub-Antarctic. The Eatoniellidae, Rissoidae, Barleeidae, Cingulopsidae, Orbitestellidae and Rissoellidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) of Signy Island, South Orkney Islands, with a review of the Antarctic and sub-Antarctic (excluding southern South America and the New Zealand sub-Antarctic islands) species. British Antarctic Survey Scientific Reports, 108: 1-96

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