Cerithiella axicostulata

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

clade Hypsogastropoda
informal group Ptenoglossa
Superfamily: Triphoroidea
Family: Newtoniellidae
Genus: Cerithiella
Species: C. axicostulata
Binomial name
Cerithiella axicostulata
Castellanos, Rolán & Bartolotta, 1987

Cerithiella axicostulata is a species of very small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Newtoniellidae. It was described by Castellanos, Rolán and Bartolotta, in 1987.[1]

Description

The maximum recorded shell length is 4.7 mm.[2]

Habitat

Minimum recorded depth is 600 m.[2] Maximum recorded depth is 600 m.[2]

References

  1. ^ Cerithiella axicostulata 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.
This Caenogastropoda-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.