Cerithiella axicostulata
Appearance
Cerithiella axicostulata | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Clade: | Hypsogastropoda |
Family: | Newtoniellidae |
Genus: | Cerithiella |
Species: | C. axicostulata
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Binomial name | |
Cerithiella axicostulata Castellanos, Rolán & Bartolotta, 1987
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Cerithiella axicostulata is a species of very small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Newtoniellidae. It was described by Castellanos, Rolán and Bartolotta, in 1987.[1]
Description
[edit]The maximum recorded shell length is 4.7 mm.[2]
Habitat
[edit]Minimum recorded depth is 600 m.[2] Maximum recorded depth is 600 m.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ Cerithiella axicostulata at World Register of Marine Species.
- ^ 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.