Onchidiopsis glacialis

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Onchidiopsis glacialis
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Superfamily: Velutinoidea
Family: Velutinidae
Genus: Onchidiopsis
Species:
O. glacialis
Binomial name
Onchidiopsis glacialis
(Sars, 1851) [1]
Synonyms
  • Lamellaria glacialis Sars, 1851

Onchidiopsis glacialis is a species of small sea snail with a transparent internal shell, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Velutinidae. Because the shell is mostly internal, the snail resembles a sea slug in general appearance. [2]

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Distribution

The distribution of Onchidiopsis glacialis includes European waters. [2]

Description

The maximum recorded (shell?) length is 18 mm. [3]

Habitat

The minimum recorded depth for this species is 4 m; maximum recorded depth is 300 m. [3]

References

  1. ↑ (in Norwegian) Sars M. (1851). "Beretning om en i Sommeren 1849 foretagen zoologisk Reise i Lofoten og Fimarken". Nyt Magazin for Naturvidenskaberne 6: 121-211. Type description is on the page 185.
  2. 1 2 Onchidiopsis glacialis (Sars M., 1851) . Gofas, S. (2010). Onchidiopsis glacialis (Sars M., 1851). In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2010) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=141896 on 14 August 2010 .
  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 .
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