Frigidoalvania brychia

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Frigidoalvania brychia
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Rissoidae
Genus: Frigidoalvania
Species:
F. brychia
Binomial name
Frigidoalvania brychia

Frigidoalvania brychia is a species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc or micromollusc in the family Rissoidae. [1]

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Distribution

The species has been reported from Saguenay Fjord and Gulf of Saint Lawrence in Canada as well as the Gulf of Maine in the North Atlantic Ocean. [1]

Description

The maximum recorded shell length is 5 mm. [2]

Habitat

Minimum recorded depth is 186 m. [2] Maximum recorded depth is 2359 m. [2]

References

  1. 1 2 Frigidoalvania brychia (A. E. Verrill, 1884) . Rosenberg, G. (2010). Frigidoalvania brychia (A. E. Verrill, 1884). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=159770 on 9 August 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 .
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