Cerithiopsis aimen

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

clade Hypsogastropoda
informal group Ptenoglossa

Superfamily: Triphoroidea
Family: Cerithiopsidae
Genus: Cerithiopsis
Species: C. aimen
Binomial name
Cerithiopsis aimen
Rolán & Espinosa, 1996

Cerithiopsis aimen is a species of very small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cerithiopsidae. This species was described by Emilio Rolán and José Espinosa in 1996.[1]

Description

The maximum recorded shell length is 3.2 mm.[2]

Habitat

Minimum recorded depth is 23 m.[2] Maximum recorded depth is 42 m.[2]

References

  1. ^ Cerithiopsis aimen 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.