Tentaoculus eritmetus

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Tentaoculus eritmetus
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Superfamily: Lepetelloidea
Family: Pseudococculinidae
Genus: Tentaoculus
Species:
T. eritmetus
Binomial name
Tentaoculus eritmetus
Synonyms

Puncturella (Fissurisepta) eritmetaA. E. Verrill, 1884 (original description)

Contents

Tentaoculus eritmetus is a species of small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pseudococculinidae, the false limpets. [2]

Distribution

This species was found in the Atlantic Ocean off New England, USA.

Description

The maximum recorded shell length is 5 mm. [3]

Habitat

Minimum recorded depth is 2654 m. [3] Maximum recorded depth is 2654 m. [3]

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References

  1. ↑ Verrill, A. E. 1884. Second catalogue of Mollusca recently added to the fauna of the New England coast and the adjacent parts of the Atlantic, consisting mostly of deep-sea species, with notes on others previously recorded. Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences 6: 139-294, pls. 28-32.
  2. ↑ Rosenberg, G. (2012). Tentaoculus eritmetus (A. E. Verrill, 1884). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=533483 on 2013-02-02
  3. 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.


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