Caecum cooperi

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Caecum cooperi
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Caecidae
Genus: Caecum
Species:
C. cooperi
Binomial name
Caecum cooperi
S. Smith, 1860

Caecum cooperi, common name the Cooper's Atlantic caecum, is a species of small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Caecidae. [1]

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Description

The maximum recorded shell length is 6.1 mm. [2]

Habitat

Minimum recorded depth is 0 m. [2] Maximum recorded depth is 73 m. [2]

References

  1. ↑ Caecum cooperi S. Smith, 1860 . WoRMS (2010). Caecum cooperi S. Smith, 1860. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=160193 on 9 August 2010 .
  2. 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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