Cerithiopsis acontium

Cerithiopsis acontium
Cerithiopsis acontium
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda

clade Hypsogastropoda
informal group Ptenoglossa

Superfamily: Triphoroidea
Family: Cerithiopsidae
Genus: Cerithiopsis
Species: C. acontium
Binomial name
Cerithiopsis acontium
Dall, 1889

Cerithiopsis acontium is a species of very small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cerithiopsidae. This species was described by the American malacologist William Healey Dall in 1889.[1]

Description

The maximum recorded shell length is 8 mm.[2]

Habitat

Minimum recorded depth is 183 m.[2] Maximum recorded depth is 183 m.[2]

References

  1. ^ Cerithiopsis acontium 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.