Cerithiella amblytera

Cerithiella amblytera
Cerithiella amblytera
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda

clade Hypsogastropoda
informal group Ptenoglossa
Superfamily: Triphoroidea
Family: Newtoniellidae
Genus: Cerithiella
Species: C. amblytera
Binomial name
Cerithiella amblytera
(Watson, 1880)

Cerithiella amblytera is a species of very small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Newtoniellidae. This species is known from European waters. It was described by Watson in 1880.[1]

Description

The maximum recorded shell length is 6.3 mm.[2]

Habitat

Minimum recorded depth is 960 m.[2] Maximum recorded depth is 1234 m.[2]

References

  1. ^ Cerithiella amblytera at World Register of Marine Species.
  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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