Pseudococculina rimula

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Pseudococculina rimula
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Lepetellida
Family: Pseudococculinidae
Genus: Pseudococculina
Species:
P. rimula
Binomial name
Pseudococculina rimula
Simone & Cunha, 2003 [1]

Pseudococculina rimula is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Pseudococculinidae. [2]

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Distribution

This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off Southeast Brazil.

Description

The maximum recorded length of the white, patelliform shell is 3.3 mm. [3]

Habitat

Minimum recorded depth is 350 m. [3] Maximum recorded depth is 400 m. [3]

References

  1. ↑ Simone & Cunha. 2003. Nautilus 117 (3): 69-77. World Register of Marine Species, Retrieved 9 April 2010.
  2. ↑ Pseudococculina rimula Simone & Cunha, 2003 . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 9 April 2010.
  3. 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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