Melanella arleyi
Appearance
Melanella arleyi | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Littorinimorpha |
Family: | Eulimidae |
Genus: | Melanella |
Species: | M. arleyi
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Binomial name | |
Melanella arleyi Espinosa, Ortea & Magaña, 2001
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Melanella arleyi is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Eulimidae. The species is one of many species known to exist within the genus, Melanella.[1]
Distribution
[edit]This species occurs in the following locations:[1]
Description
[edit]The maximum recorded shell length is 3 mm.[2]
Habitat
[edit]Minimum recorded depth is 10 m.[2] Maximum recorded depth is 12 m.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ a b Espinosa, Ortea & Magaña, 2001. Espinosa J., Ortea J. & Magaña J. (2001) Descripción de nuevas especies del género Melanella Browdich, 1822 (Mollusca, Prosobranchia: Eulimidae) del Caribe de Costa Rica y costas de Cuba. Avicennia 14: 120-124. page(s): 123. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=457287 on 2013-03-26.
- ^ 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.