Pusillina harpa

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Pusillina harpa
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Rissoidae
Genus: Pusillina
Species:
P. harpa
Binomial name
Pusillina harpa
Synonyms [1]

Alvania harpa(A. E. Verrill, 1880)

Pusillina harpa is a species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Rissoidae. [1]

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Description

The maximum recorded shell length is 2.8 mm. [2]

Habitat

Minimum recorded depth is 293 m. [2] Maximum recorded depth is 891 m. [2]

References

  1. 1 2 Pusillina harpa (A. E. Verrill, 1880) . Rosenberg, G. (2010). Pusillina harpa (A. E. Verrill, 1880). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=160039 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 .