Fedikovella beanii

Fedikovella beanii
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Neomphaliones
Order:	Cocculinida
Superfamily:	Cocculinoidea
Family:	Cocculinidae
Genus:	Fedikovella
Species:	F. beanii
Binomial name
Fedikovella beanii (Dall, 1882) [1]

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

Description

The maximum recorded shell length is 7.2 mm. ^[3]

Habitat

Minimum recorded depth is 210 m. ^[3] Maximum recorded depth is 1483 m. ^[3]

References

1. Dall W. H. (1882). "On certain limpets and chitons from the deep waters off the eastern coast of the United States". Proceedings of the United States National Museum4: 400–414.
2. Fedikovella beanii (Dall, 1882) . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 30 March 2010.
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 .

Further reading

• 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.