Onoba leptalea

Onoba leptalea
Onoba leptalea
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Littorinimorpha
Superfamily: Rissooidea
Family: Rissoidae
Genus: Onoba
Species: O. leptalea
Binomial name
Onoba leptalea
(Verrill, 1884)

Onoba leptalea is a species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Rissoidae.[1]

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Distribution

Onoba leptalea

Description

The maximum recorded shell length is 3 mm.[2]

Habitat

Minimum recorded depth is 50 m.[2] Maximum recorded depth is 1836 m.[2]

References

  1. ^ Onoba leptalea (Verrill, 1884). Gofas, S. (2009). Onoba leptalea (Verrill, 1884). In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through the World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=141315 on 9 August 2010.
  2. ^ 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.

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