Schwartziella catesbyana

Schwartziella catesbyana
Three shells of Schwartziella catesbyana
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
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 small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Zebinidae. ^[1]

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]

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 .

• Rosenberg, G., F. Moretzsohn, and E. F. García. 2009. Gastropoda (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 579–699 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.

External links

• "Schwartziella catesbyana". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.