Fastigiella carinata

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Fastigiella carinata
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Family: Cerithiidae
Genus: Fastigiella
Species:
F. carinata
Binomial name
Fastigiella carinata
Reeve, 1848
Synonyms [1]

Fastigiella poulseniiMörch, 1877

Fastigiella carinata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cerithiidae. [1]

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Description

The maximum recorded shell length is 53 mm. [2]

The shell is elongately turreted and is umbilicated. The whorls are rounded. The aperture is small. The siphonal canal is very short. The columella is somewhat twisted. [3]

Habitat

Minimum recorded depth is 0 m. [2] Maximum recorded depth is 1 m. [2]

References

  1. 1 2 Fastigiella carinata Reeve, 1848 . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 17 May 2010.
  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 .
  3. ↑ Adams, H. & Adams, A. (1853-1858). The genera of Recent Mollusca; arranged according to their organization. London, van Voorst. Vol. 1: xl + 484 pp.; vol. 2: 661 pp.; vol. 3: 138 pls
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