Copulabyssia leptalea

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Copulabyssia leptalea
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Vetigastropoda
Superfamily:
Lepetelloidea
Family:
Pseudococculinidae
Genus:
Copulabyssia
Species:
C. leptalea
Binomial name
Copulabyssia leptalea
Synonyms

Cocculina leptalea A. E. Verrill, 1884

Copulabyssia leptalea is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pseudococculinidae. [2]

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Description

The shell grows to a size of 4 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean from New Jersey to East Florida, USA, at depths between 530 m and 3800 m.

Description

The maximum recorded shell length is 4 mm. [3]

Habitat

Minimum recorded depth is 534 m. [3] Maximum recorded depth is 3834 m. [3]

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References

  1. ↑ Verrill, A. E. 1884. Second catalogue of Mollusca recently added to the fauna of the New England coast and the adjacent parts of the Atlantic, consisting mostly of deep-sea species, with notes on others previously recorded. Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences 6: 139–294, pls. 28–32.
  2. ↑ Copulabyssia leptalea (A. E. Verrill, 1884) . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 9 April 2010.
  3. 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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