Litiopa melanostoma

Litiopa melanostoma
	Litiopa melanostoma sea snail (Rang, 1829), juvenile shell, originally from Puerto Rico
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Caenogastropoda ; clade Sorbeoconcha
Superfamily:	Cerithioidea
Family:	Litiopidae
Genus:	Litiopa
Species:	L. melanostoma
Binomial name
	Litiopa melanostoma; (Rang, 1829)
Synonyms
	Abaconia naufraga(Clench, 1938); Bombyxinus uvaBélanger in Lesson, 1831; Buccinum litiopa Quoy & Gaimard, 1833; Litiopa bombixKiener, 1833; Litiopa decussataGould, 1852; Litiopa divisaCarpenter, 1855; Litiopa grateloupeanaDrouet, 1858; Litiopa maculataRang, 1829; Litiopa nitidulaPfeiffer, 1840; Litiopa striataPfeiffer, 1840;

Last updated June 09, 2025

Litiopa melanostoma, common name the brown Sargassum shell, is a species of very small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Litiopidae.^[1]

Distribution

This species occurs in the Gulf of Mexico, the Caribbean Sea, the Lesser Antilles, Puerto Rico and off the Azores; in the North Atlantic Ocean, off Newfoundland.

Description

Litiopa melanostoma (Sargassum Snail) has been found to have a maximum recorded shell length of 6 mm.^[2]

Habitat

The minimum recorded depth for this species is 0 m; the maximum recorded depth is 805 m.^[2] The snail is known to live on floating beds of Sargassum.

References

↑ Litiopa melanostoma (Rang, 1829) . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 17 May 2010.
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 .

Rang S. (1829). Notice sur le Litiope, Litiopa, genre nouveau de Mollusque astéropode. Annales des Sciences Naturelles 16: 303–307 page(s): 307

External links

"Litiopa melanostoma". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.

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[WoRMS-1] Litiopa melanostoma (Rang, 1829) . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 17 May 2010.

[Welch_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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