Cerithiopsis vinca

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Cerithiopsis vinca
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Clade: Hypsogastropoda
Family: Cerithiopsidae
Genus: Cerithiopsis
Species:
C. vinca
Binomial name
Cerithiopsis vinca
(Melvill, 1896)

Cerithiopsis vinca is a species of sea snail, a gastropod in the family Cerithiopsidae, which is known from the Gulf of Mexico. It was described by Olsson and Harbison, in 1953. [1]

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Description

The maximum recorded shell length is 5.4 mm. [2]

Habitat

Minimum recorded depth is 0 m. [2] Maximum recorded depth is 4 m. [2]

References

  1. ↑ Cerithiopsis vinca at World Register of Marine Species.
  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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