Onoba leptalea

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Onoba leptalea
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Rissoidae
Genus: Onoba
Species:
O. leptalea
Binomial name
Onoba leptalea
(Verrill, 1884)
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Shell of Onoba leptalea

Onoba leptalea is a species of small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Rissoidae. [1]

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Description

The maximum recorded shell length is 3 mm. [2]

Habitat

Minimum recorded depth is 50 m. [2] Maximum recorded depth is 1836 m. [2]

References

  1. ↑ Onoba leptalea (Verrill, 1884) . Gofas, S. (2009). Onoba leptalea (Verrill, 1884). In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through the World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=141315 on 9 August 2010 .
  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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