Cerithideopsis costata
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| Cerithidea costata (costate horn snail) shell | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Family: | Potamididae |
| Genus: | Cerithideopsis |
| Species: | C. costata
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| Cerithideopsis costata (da Costa, 1778)
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Cerithideopsis costata is a species of small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Potamididae.[1]
Distribution
[edit]This marine species occurs in the Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico.
Description
[edit]The maximum recorded shell length is 21 mm.[2]
Habitat
[edit]The species has been found in water at recorded depths from 0 to 402 m.<[2]
References
[edit]- ^ Bouchet, P. (2014). Cerithideopsis costata (da Costa, 1778). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=758590 on 2014-03-20
- ^ a b 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.
External links
[edit]- Da Costa, Mendes E. (1778). Historia naturalis testaceorum Britanniæ, or, the British conchology; containing the descriptions and other particulars of natural history of the shells of Great Britain and Ireland: illustrated with figures. In English and French. – Historia naturalis testaceorum Britanniæ, ou, la conchologie Britannique; contenant les descriptions & autres particularités d'histoire naturelle des coquilles de la Grande Bretagne & de l'Irlande: avec figures en taille douce. En anglois & françois., i–xii, 1–254, i–vii, [1], Pl. I-XVII. London. (Millan, White, Emsley & Robson)
- Michaud A. L. G. (1829). Description de plusieurs espèces nouvelles de coquilles vivantes. Bulletin d'Histoire Naturelle de la Société Linnéenne de Bordeaux 3: 260–276, 1 pl
- Montagu, G. (1808). Supplement to Testacea Britannica with Additional Plates. Woolmer, Exeter. v + 183 pp., pl. 17–30
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