Provanna sculpta
Appearance
Provanna sculpta | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Family: | Provannidae |
Genus: | Provanna |
Species: | P. sculpta
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Binomial name | |
Provanna sculpta Warén & Ponder, 1991
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Provanna sculpta is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Provannidae.[1]
Distribution
[edit]This species occurs in the Gulf of Mexico, off Louisiana.
Description
[edit]The maximum recorded shell length is 7.1 mm.[2]
Habitat
[edit]Minimum recorded depth is 576 m.[2] Maximum recorded depth is 576 m.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ Provanna sculpta Warén & Ponder, 1991. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 May 2010.
- ^ 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.
- Rosenberg, G., F. Moretzsohn, and E. F. García. 2009. Gastropoda (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 579–699 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.
External links
[edit]- Warén A. & Ponder W.F. (1991). New species, anatomy, and systematic position of the hydrothermal vent and hydrocarbon seep gastropod family Provannidae fam.n. (Caenogastropoda). Zoologica Scripta. 20(1): 27-56
- Warén A. & Bouchet P. (2001). Gastropoda and Monoplacophora from hydrothermal vents and seeps new taxa and records. The Veliger 44(2): 116–231
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