Piliscus commodus

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Piliscus commodus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Littorinimorpha
Superfamily:
Velutinoidea
Family:
Velutinidae
Genus:
Piliscus
Species:
P. commodus
Binomial name
Piliscus commodus
(Middendorff, 1851)
Synonyms [1]
  • Capulacmaea radiata(M. Sars, 1851)
  • Capulus depressusA. Adams, 1861
  • Capulus radiatusM. Sars, 1851 (junior synonym)
  • Iothia radiata(M. Sars, 1851)
  • Pilidium commodumMiddendorff, 1851 (original combination)
  • Pilidium radiatum(M. Sars, 1851)
  • Piliscus probusLovén, 1859
  • Piliscus radiatus(Sars M., 1851)

Piliscus commodus 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 28 mm. [2]

Habitat

The minimum recorded depth for this species is 40 m; maximum recorded depth is 325 m. [2]

References

  1. 1 2 Piliscus commodus (Middendorff, 1851) . Gofas, S. (2009). Piliscus commodus (Middendorff, 1851). 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=141899 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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