Schwartziella catesbyana

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Schwartziella catesbyana
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Three shells of Schwartziella catesbyana
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Zebinidae
Genus: Schwartziella
Species:
S. catesbyana
Binomial name
Schwartziella catesbyana
(d’Orbigny, 1842)
Synonyms
  • Rissoa catesbyanad’Orbigny, 1842 (original combination)

Schwartziella catesbyana, common name Catesby's risso, is a species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Zebinidae. [1]

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Distribution

This species occurs in the Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico, in the Atlantic Ocean along the Mid-Atlantic Ridge and North Carolina to eastern Brazil.

Description

The size of the shell varies between 2 mm and 7 mm.

Habitat

The minimum recorded depth for this species is 0 m; maximum recorded depth is 40 m. [2]

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References

  1. Schwartziella catesbyana (d’Orbigny, 1842) . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 3 December 2018.
  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.