Cardiapoda placenta

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Cardiapoda placenta
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Carinariidae
Genus: Cardiapoda
Species:
C. placenta
Binomial name
Cardiapoda placenta
(Lesson, 1830)
Synonyms [1]
  • Pterotrachea placenta Lesson, 1831
  • Carinaroides placenta (Lesson, 1831)
  • Carinaroida placenta (Lesson, 1831)
  • Cardiapoda pedunculata d'Orbigny, 1834
  • Cardiapoda acuta Tesch, 1906
  • Cardiapoda sublaevis Tesch, 1906
  • Cardiapoda trachydermon Tesch, 1906

Cardiapoda placenta, common name the flat cardiapod, is a species of sea snail, a rare pelagic gastropod mollusc in the family Carinariidae.

Contents

This species is found worldwide in warm seas between latitudes 40° North and 40° South at depths of up to 650 m.[ citation needed ]

Description

The maximum recorded shell length is 35 mm. [2]

Habitat

Minimum recorded depth is 0 m. [2] Maximum recorded depth is 203 m. [2]

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References

  1. "Cardiapoda placenta (Lesson, 1831)". Malacolog Version 4.1.0 : A Database of Western Atlantic Marine Mollusca. The Academy of Natural Sciences. Retrieved 9 December 2023.
  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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