Cocculina messingi

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Cocculina messingi
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Cocculiniformia
Superfamily: Cocculinoidea
Family: Cocculinidae
Genus: Cocculina
Species:
C. messingi
Binomial name
Cocculina messingi
McLean & Harasewych, 1995 [1]

Cocculina messingi is a species of sea snail, deep-sea limpet, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cocculinidae. [2]

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Distribution

Colombia: Caribbean Sea [3]

Description

The maximum recorded shell length is 10.9 mm. [4]

Habitat

Minimum recorded depth is 282 m. [4] Maximum recorded depth is 412 m. [4]

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References

  1. McLean J. H. & Harasewych M. G. (1995). "Review of western Atlantic species of cocculinid and pseudococculinid limpets, with descriptions of new species (Gastropoda: Cocculiniformia)". Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County Contributions to Science453:1–33. hdl: 10088/4619 Lock-green.svg
  2. Cocculina messingi McLean & Harasewych, 1995 . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 30 March 2010.
  3. Ardila N. E. & Harasewych M. G. (June 2005). "Cocculinid and pseudococculinid limpets (Gastropoda: Cocculiniformia) from off the Caribbean coast of Colombia". Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington118(2): 344–366. doi : 10.2988/0006-324X(2005)118[344:CAPLGC]2.0.CO;2.
  4. 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.