Lampasopsis rhodostoma

Lampasopsis rhodostoma
Apertural view of Lampasopsis rhodostoma
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Littorinimorpha
Superfamily:	Tonnoidea
Family:	Bursidae
Genus:	Lampasopsis
Species:	L. rhodostoma
Binomial name
Lampasopsis rhodostoma (G. B. Sowerby II, 1835)
Synonyms [1]
Bursa bergeri(Tapparone-Canefri, 1880) Bursa thomae(d'Orbigny, 1842) Bursa venustula(Reeve, 1844) Ranella bergerisensu Sowerby Tapparone-Canefri, 1881 Ranella pauluccianaTapparone-Canefri, 1876 Ranella rhodostomaG.B. Sowerby II, 1835 (basionym) Ranella rhodostoma var. xantostoma Tapparone-Canefri, 1878 Ranella thomaed'Orbigny, 1842 Ranella venustulaReeve, 1844

Lampasopsis rhodostoma, common name the Wine-mouth frog shell, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Bursidae, the frog shells. ^[1]

Lampasopsis rhodostoma thomae(d’Orbigny, 1847) is a recognized subspecies. ^{[2] [3]}

Distribution

This marine species has a wide distribution. It is found in European waters, in the Atlantic Ocean off the Canary Islands, Madeira and the Cape Verdes, in the Caribbean Sea, the Gulf of Mexico and the Lesser Antilles, in the Red Sea, in the Indian Ocean off Aldabra, Chagos, and the Mascarene Basin; also off Australia (New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia).

Description

The maximum recorded shell length of Lampasopsis rhodostoma is 35 mm. ^[4]

Habitat

Minimum recorded depth of Lampasopsis rhodostoma is 0 m. ^[4] Maximum recorded depth is 250 m. ^[4]

References

1. Bursa rhodostoma (G.B. Sowerby II, 1835) . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 4 December 2018.
2. MolluscaBase eds. (2023). MolluscaBase. Lampasopsis rhodostoma (G. B. Sowerby II, 1835). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1472316 Archived 2024-05-30 at the Wayback Machine on 2023-07-20
3. Rosenberg, G., F. Moretzsohn, and E. F. García. 2009. Gastropoda (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 579–699 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.
4. 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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External links

• Sowerby, G. B. I; Sowerby, G. B. II. (1832-1841). The conchological illustrations or, Coloured figures of all the hitherto unfigured recent shells. London, privately published.
• Tapparone Canefri, C. (1877). Intorno ad alcune specie di testacei marini mal conosciute o nuove dell' Isola Maurizio. Bullettino della Società Malacologica Italia. 2 (3): 241-244
• Reeve, L. A. (1844). Monograph of the genus Ranella. In: Conchologia Iconica, or, illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals, vol. 2, pl. 1-8 and unpaginated text. L. Reeve & Co., London
• Tapparone Canefri, C. (1878). Catalogue des coquilles rapportées de la Nouvelle-Guinée par M. Raffray. Bulletin de la Société Zoologique de France. 3: 244-277, pl. 6
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