Cerithiella seymouriana

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

clade Hypsogastropoda
informal group Ptenoglossa

Superfamily: Triphoroidea
Family: Newtoniellidae
Genus: Cerithiella
Species: C. seymouriana
Binomial name
Cerithiella seymouriana
(Strebel, 1908)
Synonyms
  • Bittium seymourianum Strebel, 1908 (original combination)
  • Cerithiella erecta Thiele, 1912

Cerithiella seymouriana is a species of very small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Newtoniellidae. It was described by Strebel, in 1908.[1]

Description

The maximum recorded shell length is 8.2 mm.[2]

Habitat

Minimum recorded depth is 94 m.[2] Maximum recorded depth is 213 m.[2]

References

  1. Cerithiella seymouriana at World Register of Marine Species.
  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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