Cylindrobulla gigas

Cylindrobulla gigas
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Heterobranchia clade Euthyneura clade Panpulmonata clade Sacoglossa
Superfamily:	Cylindrobulloidea
Family:	Cylindrobullidae
Genus:	Cylindrobulla
Species:	C. gigas
Binomial name
Cylindrobulla gigas Mikkelsen, 1998[1]

Cylindrobulla gigas is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cylindrobullidae.

Distribution

• Florida, the Caribbean and Bermuda^[1]

Description

The maximum recorded shell length is 17.5 mm.^[2]

Habitat

Minimum recorded depth is 0.5 m.^[2] Maximum recorded depth is 18 m.^[2]

References

1. ^ ^{a b} Mikkelsen P. M. (1998). "Cylindrobulla and Ascobulla in the western Atlantic (Gastropoda, Opisthobranchia, Sacoglossa): Systematic review, description of a new species, and phylogenetic reanalysis". Zoologica Scripta 27 (1): 49–71. doi:10.1111/j.1463-6409.1998.tb00428.x. 
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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