Pseudococculina rimula
| Pseudococculina rimula | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
| Order: | Lepetellida |
| Family: | Pseudococculinidae |
| Genus: | Pseudococculina |
| Species: | P. rimula
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| Binomial name | |
| Pseudococculina rimula Simone & Cunha, 2003[1]
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Pseudococculina rimula is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Pseudococculinidae.[2]
Distribution
[edit]This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off Southeast Brazil.
Description
[edit]The maximum recorded length of the white, patelliform shell is 3.3 mm.[3]
Habitat
[edit]Minimum recorded depth is 350 m.[3] Maximum recorded depth is 400 m.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ Simone & Cunha. 2003. Nautilus 117 (3): 69-77. World Register of Marine Species, Retrieved 9 April 2010.
- ^ Pseudococculina rimula Simone & Cunha, 2003. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 9 April 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.