Falsilunatia carcellesi

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Falsilunatia carcellesi
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Naticidae
Genus: Falsilunatia
Species:
F. carcellesi
Binomial name
Falsilunatia carcellesi
(Dell, 1990)
Synonyms [1]

Bulbus carcellesi Dell, 1990 (basionym)

Falsilunatia carcellesi is a species of predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Naticidae, the moon snails. [1]

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Distribution

Description

The maximum recorded shell length is 31.3 mm. [2]

Habitat

Minimum recorded depth is 18 m. [2] Maximum recorded depth is 771 m. [2]

References

  1. 1 2 Falsilunatia carcellesi (Dell, 1990) . WoRMS (2009). Falsilunatia carcellesi (Dell, 1990). Accessed through the World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=584328 on 1 April 2012 .
  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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