Trichotropis bicarinata

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Trichotropis bicarinata
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Trichotropis bicarinata shell
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Clade: Hypsogastropoda
Family: Capulidae
Genus: Trichotropis
Species:
T. bicarinata
Binomial name
Trichotropis bicarinata
(Sowerby I, 1825)
Synonyms [1]

Trichotropis bicarinatus

Trichotropis bicarinata is a species of small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Capulidae, the cap snails. [1]

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Description

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Trichotropis bicarinata shell drawing.

The maximum recorded shell length is 37 mm. [2]

Habitat

Minimum recorded depth is 10 m. [2] Maximum recorded depth is 475 m. [2]

References

  1. 1 2 Trichotropis bicarinata (Sowerby I, 1825) . Rosenberg, G. (2010). Trichotropis bicarinata (Sowerby I, 1825). In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2010) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=160421 on 5 June 2010 .
  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 .
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