Euspira levicula
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| Euspira levicula | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Littorinimorpha |
| Family: | Naticidae |
| Genus: | Euspira |
| Species: | E. levicula
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| Binomial name | |
| Euspira levicula (A. E. Verrill, 1880)
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Euspira levicula is a species of predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Naticidae, the moon snails.[1]
Distribution
[edit]This species occurs in the Northwest Atlantic Ocean.
Description
[edit]The maximum recorded shell length is 32 mm.[2]
Habitat
[edit]Minimum recorded depth is 50 m.[2] Maximum recorded depth is 183 m.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ a b Gofas, S.; Bouchet, P.; Rosenberg, G. (2015). Euspira levicula (A. E. Verrill, 1880). In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=160319 on 2015-06-21
- ^ 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.
- Trott, T.J. 2004. Cobscook Bay inventory: a historical checklist of marine invertebrates spanning 162 years. Northeastern Naturalist (Special Issue 2): 261 - 324.
- Torigoe K. & Inaba A. (2011) Revision on the classification of Recent Naticidae. Bulletin of the Nishinomiya Shell Museum 7: 133 + 15 pp., 4 pls.