Carinaria lamarckii

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Carinaria lamarckii
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preserved Carinaria lamarckii
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Carinariidae
Genus: Carinaria
Species:
C. lamarckii
Binomial name
Carinaria lamarckii
Blainville, 1817
Synonyms [1]

Carinaria lamarcki Péron & Lesueur, 1810 (vernacular name only, not latinized till Blainville, 1817)

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Carinaria lamarckii is a species of sea gastropod, a holoplanktonic marine gastropod mollusk in the family Carinariidae. [1]

Description

Carinaria lamarckii is a large mollusc that is roughly 25 centimetres (9.8 in) long. It has a delicate transparent shell around 4.5 centimetres (1.8 in) long, with a curved apex. The shell is too small for the snail to retract into, and covers only the gills. [2]

Habitat

Minimum recorded depth is 0 m. [3] Maximum recorded depth is 675 m. [3]

A drawing of Carinaria lamarcki; a) proboscis b) tentacles c) shell d) gills e) foot f) sucker Carinaria lamarcki 001.png
A drawing of Carinaria lamarcki; a) proboscis b) tentacles c) shell d) gills e) foot f) sucker

References

  1. 1 2 Rosenberg, G. (2011). Carinaria lamarckii Blainville, 1817. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=416623 on 2011-02-07
  2. ↑ Scase, Robert; Storey, Eric (1975). The world of shells. Berkshire: Osprey. ISBN   978-0-85045-222-8.
  3. 1 2 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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