Larsenia scalaroides

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Larsenia scalaroides
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Vanikoridae
Genus: Larsenia
Species:
L. scalaroides
Binomial name
Larsenia scalaroides
Warén, 1989

Larsenia scalaroides is a species of extremely small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Vanikoridae. [1]

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Description

The maximum recorded shell length is 1.9 mm. [2]

Habitat

The minimum recorded depth is 156 m; the maximum recorded depth is 900 m. [2]

References

  1. ↑ Larsenia scalaroides Warén, 1989 . Gofas, S. (2009). Larsenia scalaroides Warén, 1989. In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through the World Register of Marine Species at http://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=141888 on 14 August 2010 .
  2. 1 2 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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