Personella
(Redirected from Sassia lewisi)
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| Shell of Personella lewisi (specimen at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Littorinimorpha |
| Family: | Cymatiidae |
| Genus: | Personella Conrad, 1865 |
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Personella is a genus of predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cymatiidae. Its only species is Personella lewisi.[2]
Distribution
[edit]This marine species occurs off Guadeloupe.
Description
[edit]The maximum recorded shell length is 27.9 mm.[3]
Habitat
[edit]Minimum recorded depth is 80 m.[3] Maximum recorded depth is 140 m.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ Harasewych M. G. & Petuch E. J. (1980). "Sassia lewisi, a new cymatiid gastropod from the Caribbean Sea". The Nautilus 94(3): 121-122.
- ^ Personella (Harasewych & Petuch, 1980). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 6 December 2018.
- ^ 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.