Schwartziella chesnelii

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Schwartziella chesnelii
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Zebinidae
Genus: Schwartziella
Species:
S. chesnelii
Binomial name
Schwartziella chesnelii
(Michaud, 1830)
Synonyms
  • Rissoa chesneliiMichaud, 1830 (original combination)

Schwartziella chesnelii 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 Gulf of Mexico, the Caribbean Sea and the Lesser Antilles; in the Atlantic Ocean off North Carolina.

Description

The maximum recorded shell length is 6 mm. [2]

Habitat

Minimum recorded depth is 4 m. [2] Maximum recorded depth is 57 m. [2]

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References

  1. Schwartziella chesnelii (Michaud, 1830) . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 3 December 2018.
  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.