Cylindrobulla beauii

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Cylindrobulla beauii
Cylindrobulla beauii shell.png
drawing of the shell of Cylindrobulla beauii from its original description by Paul Henri Fischer (1857)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura
clade Panpulmonata
clade Sacoglossa
Superfamily:
Cylindrobulloidea
Family:
Cylindrobullidae
Genus:
Cylindrobulla
Species:
C. beauii
Binomial name
Cylindrobulla beauii
P. Fischer, 1857 [1]

Cylindrobulla beauii is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cylindrobullidae.

Contents

Cylindrobulla beauii is the type species of the genus Cylindrobulla.

Drawing of the shell of Cylindrobulla beauii from its original description by Paul Henri Fischer (1857). Cylindrobulla beauii shell 2.png
Drawing of the shell of Cylindrobulla beauii from its original description by Paul Henri Fischer (1857).

Description

The maximum recorded shell length is 13.6 mm. [2]

Habitat

Minimum recorded depth is 0 m. [2] Maximum recorded depth is 40 m. [2]

References

  1. ↑ (in French) Fischer P. H. (1857). "Description d'espèces nouvelles". Journal de conchyliologie5: 273-277. Plate 8, figure 8-9.
  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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