Lopheliella hermesae

Lopheliella hermesae
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Vetigastropoda
Order:	Trochida
Superfamily:	Trochoidea
Family:	Skeneidae
Genus:	Lopheliella
Species:	L. hermesae
Binomial name
Lopheliella hermesae Hoffman, van Heugten & Lavaleye, 2008

Lopheliella hermesae is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Skeneidae. ^[1]

Description

The height of the shell attains 2.6 mm, its diameter 2.6 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off the Rockall & Hatton Banks, Northwest Atlantic Ocean, at a depth of 767 m.

References

1. Lopheliella hermesae Hoffman, van Heugten & Lavaleye, 2008 . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 21 April 2010.

• Hoffman L., Van Heugten B., and Lavaleye M. S. S. (2008) "A new genus with four new species in the family Skeneidae (Gastropoda) from the Rockall Bank, northeastern Atlantic Ocean". Miscellanea Malacologica3: pp. 39–48

External links

• "Lopheliella hermesae". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 12 September 2012.