Cardiapoda placenta
| Cardiapoda placenta | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Littorinimorpha |
| Family: | Carinariidae |
| Genus: | Cardiapoda |
| Species: | C. placenta
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| Binomial name | |
| Cardiapoda placenta (Lesson, 1830)
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| Synonyms[1] | |
Cardiapoda placenta, common name the flat cardiapod, is a species of sea snail, a rare pelagic gastropod mollusc in the family Carinariidae.
This species is found worldwide in warm seas between latitudes 40° North and 40° South at depths of up to 650 m.[citation needed]
Description
[edit]The maximum recorded shell length is 35 mm.[2]
Habitat
[edit]Minimum recorded depth is 0 m.[2] Maximum recorded depth is 203 m.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ "Cardiapoda placenta (Lesson, 1831)". Malacolog Version 4.1.0 : A Database of Western Atlantic Marine Mollusca. The Academy of Natural Sciences. Retrieved 9 December 2023.
- ^ 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.
Further reading
[edit]- Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1
- Seapy, Roger R. 2008. Cardiapoda d'Orbigny 1836. Version 12 February 2008, Tree of Life Web Project: Cardiapoda placenta