Hyalorisia galea

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Hyalorisia galea
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Clade: Hypsogastropoda
Family: Capulidae
Genus: Hyalorisia
Species:
H. galea
Binomial name
Hyalorisia galea
(Dall, 1889)

Hyalorisia galea is a species of small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Capulidae, the cap snails. [1]

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Description

The maximum recorded shell length is 18.5 mm. [2]

Habitat

Minimum recorded depth is 342 m. [2] Maximum recorded depth is 768 m. [2]

References

  1. ↑ Hyalorisia galea (Dall, 1889) . WoRMS (2010). Hyalorisia galea (Dall, 1889). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=419707 on 5 June 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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