Microstelma columbella

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Microstelma columbella
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Zebinidae
Genus: Microstelma
Species:
M. columbella
Binomial name
Microstelma columbella
(Dall, 1881)

Microstelma columbella is a species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Zebinidae. [1]

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Description

The maximum recorded shell length is 10 mm. [2]

Habitat

Minimum recorded depth is 289 m. [2] Maximum recorded depth is 402 m. [2]

References

  1. ↑ Microstelma columbella (Dall, 1881) . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 3 December 2018.
  2. 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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