Texadina barretti

Texadina barretti
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Littorinimorpha
Superfamily: Truncatelloidea
Family: Cochliopidae
Genus: Texadina
Species: T. barretti
Binomial name
Texadina barretti
(Morrison, 1965)

Texadina barretti is a species of very small aquatic snail, an operculate gastropod mollusk in the family Cochliopidae.[1]

Distribution

This marine species occurs in the Gulf of Mexico..

Description

The maximum recorded shell length is 3.7 mm.[2]

Habitat

Minimum recorded depth is 0 m.[2] Maximum recorded depth is 2.4 m.[2]

References

  1. Texadina barretti (Morrison, 1965). WoRMS (2010). Texadina barretti (Morrison, 1965). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.eu/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=419612 on 9 August 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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