Synaptocochlea picta
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| Synaptocochlea picta | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Vetigastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Trochoidea |
| Family: | Trochidae |
| Subfamily: | Fossarininae |
| Genus: | Synaptocochlea |
| Species: | S. picta |
| Binomial name | |
| Synaptocochlea picta (d’Orbigny, 1847) | |
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Synaptocochlea picta is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Trochidae, the top snails.[1]
Distribution
This species occurs in the Caribbean Sea, the Gulf of Mexico and the Lesser Antilles.
Description
The maximum recorded shell length is 7 mm.[2]
Habitat
Minimum recorded depth is 0 m.[2] Maximum recorded depth is 713 m.[2]
References
- ↑ Synaptocochlea picta (d’Orbigny, 1847). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 14 August 2012.
- ↑ 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
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