Cerithiopsis cruzana

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

clade Hypsogastropoda
informal group Ptenoglossa

Superfamily: Triphoroidea
Family: Cerithiopsidae
Genus: Cerithiopsis
Species: C. cruzana
Binomial name
Cerithiopsis cruzana
Usticke, 1959

Cerithiopsis cruzana is a species of sea snail, a gastropod in the family Cerithiopsidae, which is known from the Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico. It was described by Usticke in 1959.[1]

Description

The maximum recorded shell length is 5 mm.[2]

Habitat

Minimum recorded depth is 55 m.[2] Maximum recorded depth is 101 m.[2]

References

  1. ^ Cerithiopsis cruzana 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.