Ariadnaria borealis

Ariadnaria borealis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Littorinimorpha
Superfamily: Capuloidea
Family: Capulidae
Genus: Ariadnaria
Species: A. borealis
Binomial name
Ariadnaria borealis
(Broderip & G. B. Sowerby I, 1829)
Synonyms[1]
  • Trichotropis atlantica Möller, 1842
  • Trichotropis borealis Broderip & Sowerby, 1829
  • Trichotropis conica Broderip & Sowerby, 1842
  • Trichotropis costellata Couthouy, 1838
  • Trichotropis inermis Hinds, 1877
  • Trichotropis saintjohnensis Verkrüzen, 1877

Ariadnaria borealis, common name the boreal hairysnail, is a species of small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Capulidae, the cap snails.[1]

Distribution

This species occurs in the North Sea, the Canadian part of the Arctic Ocean, in the Northwest Atlantic Ocean.

Description

The maximum recorded shell length is 22 mm.[2]

Habitat

Minimum recorded depth is 2 m.[2] Maximum recorded depth is 574 m.[2]

References

  1. 1 2 Ariadnaria borealis (Broderip & Sowerby G.B. I, 1829). Gofas, S. (2009). Ariadnaria borealis (Broderip & Sowerby G.B. I, 1829). In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2009) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=714762 on 27 June 2013.
  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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