Texadina sphinctostoma

Texadina sphinctostoma
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Littorinimorpha
Superfamily:	Truncatelloidea
Family:	Cochliopidae
Genus:	Texadina
Species:	T. sphinctostoma
Binomial name
Texadina sphinctostoma (Abbott & Ladd, 1951)
Synonyms
Littoridina sphinctostomaAbbott & Ladd, 1951

Texadina sphinctostoma is a species of very small aquatic snail, an operculate gastropod mollusk in the family Cochliopidae. ^[1]

Distribution

This marine species occurs in the Gulf of Mexico and in the Caribbean Sea.

Description

The maximum recorded shell length is 3.7 mm. ^[2]

Habitat

Minimum recorded depth is 0 m. ^[2] Maximum recorded depth is 4 m. ^[2]

References

1. Texadina sphinctostoma (Abbott & Ladd, 1951) . WoRMS (2010). Texadina sphinctostoma (Abbott & Ladd, 1951). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.eu/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=419613 on 9 August 2010 .
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.