Mirarissoina bermudezi

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)
  • Rissoina 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. 1 2 3 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.

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