Neverita delessertiana

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Neverita delessertiana
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N. delessertiana
Binomial name
Neverita delessertiana
(Récluz, 1843)

Neverita delessertiana is a species of predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Naticidae, the moon snails. [1]

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N. delessertiana was long considered to be merely a form of the much more common and much more widely distributed species Neverita duplicata . In 2006 a paper was published which made it clear that Neverita delessertiana is a different species than N. duplicata. [2]

Distribution

This species is found in the United States in Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana and Texas.

Description

The maximum recorded shell length is 67.5 mm. [3]

Habitat

The minimum recorded depth for this species is 0 m; the maximum recorded depth is 0 m. [3]

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References

  1. Neverita delessertiana (Récluz, 1843) . WoRMS (2010). Neverita delessertiana (Récluz, 1843). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=419761 on 17 June 2010 .
  2. Huelsken, T. et al. (2006) Neverita delessertiana (Recluz in Chenu, 1843): a naticid species (Gastropoda: Caenogastropoda) distinct from Neverita duplicata (Say, 1822) based on molecular data, morphological characters, and geographical distribution. Zootaxa , 1-25. PDF.
  3. 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.