Meioceras nitidum

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Meioceras nitidum
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Caecidae
Genus: Meioceras
Species:
M. nitidum
Binomial name
Meioceras nitidum
(Stimpson, 1851)

Meioceras nitidum is a species of small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Caecidae. [1]

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Distribution

Western Atlantic: North America. [2]

Description

The maximum recorded shell length is 3.1 mm. [3]

Habitat

Minimum recorded depth is 0 m. [3] Maximum recorded depth is 24 m. [3]

References

  1. ↑ Meioceras nitidum (Stimpson, 1851) . WoRMS (2010). Meioceras nitidum (Stimpson, 1851). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.eu/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=419602 on 9 August 2010 .
  2. ↑ "Meioceras nitidum, Little horn caecum". www.sealifebase.se. Retrieved 2023-07-27.
  3. 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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