Caecum cooperi
Appearance
Caecum cooperi | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Littorinimorpha |
Family: | Caecidae |
Genus: | Caecum |
Species: | C. cooperi
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Binomial name | |
Caecum cooperi S. Smith, 1860
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Caecum cooperi, common name the Cooper's Atlantic caecum, is a species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Caecidae.[1]
Distribution
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Description
[edit]The maximum recorded shell length is 6.1 mm.[2]
Habitat
[edit]Minimum recorded depth is 0 m.[2] Maximum recorded depth is 73 m.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ Caecum cooperi S. Smith, 1860. WoRMS (2010). Caecum cooperi S. Smith, 1860. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=160193 on 9 August 2010 .
- ^ a b c 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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