Antillophos bahamensis

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Antillophos bahamensis
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Nassariidae
Genus: Antillophos
Species:
A. bahamensis
Binomial name
Antillophos bahamensis
Petuch, 2002 [1]
Synonyms

Antillophos bahamasensis [orth. error twice in original publication]

Contents

Antillophos bahamensis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Nassariidae, the true whelks. [2]

Description

The maximum recorded shell length is 20 mm. [3]

Habitat

The minimum recorded depth is 400 m. [3] The maximum recorded depth is 400 m. [3]

References

  1. ↑ Petuch E. J. (2002). "New deep water gastropods from the Bimini Shelf, Bimini Chain, Bahamas". Ruthenica12(1): 59–72. abstract.
  2. ↑ Antillophos bahamensis Petuch, 2002 . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 17 April 2010.
  3. 1 2 3 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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