Cerithiella bisculpta

Cerithiella bisculpta
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda

clade Hypsogastropoda
informal group Ptenoglossa

Superfamily: Triphoroidea
Family: Newtoniellidae
Subfamily: Newtoniellinae
Genus: Cerithiella
Species: C. bisculpta
Binomial name
Cerithiella bisculpta
(Strebel, 1908)
Synonyms[1]

Cerithiopsilla bisculpta (Strebel, 1908)

Cerithiella bisculpta is a species of very small sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Newtoniellidae. It was described by Strebel in 1908.

Description

The maximum recorded shell length is 4.5 mm.[2]

Habitat

Minimum recorded depth is 94 m.[2] Maximum recorded depth is 252 m.[2]

References

  1. Bouchet, P. (2012). Cerithiella bisculpta (Strebel, 1908). In: MolluscaBase (2016). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=714039 on 2016-10-07
  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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