Onchidiopsis kingmaruensis

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Onchidiopsis kingmaruensis
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Superfamily: Velutinoidea
Family: Velutinidae
Genus: Onchidiopsis
Species:
O. kingmaruensis
Binomial name
Onchidiopsis kingmaruensis
Russell, 1942

Onchidiopsis kingmaruensis 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. [1]

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Description

The maximum recorded (shell?) length is 24 mm. [2]

Habitat

The minimum recorded depth for this species is 55 m; maximum recorded depth is 55 m. [2]

References

  1. ↑ Onchidiopsis kingmaruensis Russell, 1942 . Rosenberg, G. (2010). Onchidiopsis kingmaruensis Russell, 1942. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=159961 on 14 August 2010 .
  2. 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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