Zebinella decussata
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| Zebinella decussata | |
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| Two views of a shell of Zebinella decussata | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Littorinimorpha |
| Superfamily: | Rissooidea |
| Family: | Rissoinidae |
| Genus: | Zebinella |
| Species: | R. decussata |
| Binomial name | |
| Rissoina decussata (Montagu, 1803) | |
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Zebinella decussata is a species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Rissoinidae.[2]
Distribution
This species occurs in the Caribbean Sea, the Gulf of Mexico and the Lesser Antilles.
Description
The maximum recorded shell length is 9.7 mm.[3]
Habitat
Minimum recorded depth is 0 m.[3] Maximum recorded depth is 106 m.[3]
References
- ↑ Malacolog : Rissoina
- ↑ Zebinella decussata (Montagu, 1803). WoRMS (2010). Zebinella decussata (Montagu, 1803). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=731914 on8 June 2013.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 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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