Polinices uberinus

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Polinices uberinus
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Naticidae
Genus: Polinices
Species:
P. uberinus
Binomial name
Polinices uberinus
(d’Orbigny, 1842)

Polinices uberinus, common name the "white moon snail" or "dwarf white moon snail", is a species of small predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Naticidae, the moon snails. [1]

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Distribution

Description

The maximum recorded shell length is 20 mm. [2]

Habitat

The minimum recorded depth for this species is 27 m; the maximum recorded depth is 183 m. [2]

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References

  1. Polinices uberinus (d’Orbigny, 1842) . WoRMS (2010). Polinices uberinus (d’Orbigny, 1842). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=419765 on 17 June 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.