Vermicularia radicula

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Vermicularia radicula
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Family: Turritellidae
Genus: Vermicularia
Species:
V. radicula
Binomial name
Vermicularia radicula
(Stimpson, 1851)
Synonyms [1]

Vermetus radilulaStimpson, 1851
Vermiculus spiratus var. cinereaMôrch, 1861

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Vermicularia radicula, common name the northern wormsnail, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Turritellidae. [1]

Description

The maximum recorded shell length is 61 mm. [2]

Habitat

Minimum recorded depth is 5.5 m. [2] Maximum recorded depth is 18 m. [2]

References

  1. 1 2 Vermicularia radicula (Stimpson, 1851) . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 17 May 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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