Zebina browniana

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Zebina browniana
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Five views of a shell of Zebina browniana
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Zebinidae
Genus: Zebina
Species:
Z. browniana
Binomial name
Zebina browniana
(d'Orbigny, 1842)
Synonyms [1]
  • Rissoa brownianad'Orbigny, 1842
  • Rissoina browniana(d'Orbigny, 1842)

Zebina browniana is a species of small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Zebinidae. [1]

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Distribution

This species occurs in the Caribbean Sea, the Gulf of Mexico and the Lesser Antilles; in the Atlantic Ocean off North Carolina, West Africa and the Mid-Atlantic Ridge.

Description

The maximum recorded shell length is 5.1 mm. [2]

Habitat

Minimum recorded depth is 0 m. [2] Maximum recorded depth is 51 m. [2]

References

  1. 1 2 Zebina browniana (d’Orbigny, 1842) . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 3 December 2018.
  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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