Vermicularia bathyalis

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Vermicularia bathyalis
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Family: Turritellidae
Genus: Vermicularia
Species:
V. bathyalis
Binomial name
Vermicularia bathyalis
Petuch, 2002 [1]

Vermicularia bathyalis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Turritellidae. [2]

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Description

The maximum recorded shell length is 62 mm. [3]

Habitat

Minimum recorded depth is 400 m. [3] Maximum recorded depth is 400 m. [3]

References

  1. ↑ Petuch E. J. (2002). "New deep water gastropods from the Bimini Shelf, Bimini Chain, Bahamas". Ruthenica12(1): 59–72. abstract.
  2. ↑ Vermicularia bathyalis Petuch, 2002 . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 17 May 2010.
  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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