Copulabyssia leptalea

Copulabyssia leptalea
Copulabyssia leptalea
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Vetigastropoda
Superfamily: Lepetelloidea
Family: Pseudococculinidae
Genus: Copulabyssia
Species: C. leptalea
Binomial name
Copulabyssia leptalea
(A. E. Verrill, 1884)

Copulabyssia leptalea is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pseudococculinidae.[1]

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Distribution

Description

The maximum recorded shell length is 4 mm.[2]

Habitat

Minimum recorded depth is 534 m.[2] Maximum recorded depth is 3834 m.[2]

References

  1. ^ Copulabyssia leptalea (A. E. Verrill, 1884).  Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=467487 on 9 April 2010.
  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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