Stosicia houbricki

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Stosicia houbricki
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Zebinidae
Genus: Stosicia
Species:
S. houbricki
Binomial name
Stosicia houbricki
Sleurs, 1996

Stosicia houbricki 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 off Belize.

Description

The maximum recorded shell length is 4.3 mm. [2]

Habitat

Minimum recorded depth is 0 m. [2] Maximum recorded depth is 35 m. [2]

References

  1. Stosicia houbricki Sleurs, 1996 . 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 .