Coccopigya spinigera
| Coccopigya spinigera | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Cocculiniformia |
| Superfamily: | Cocculinoidea |
| Family: | Cocculinidae |
| Genus: | Coccopigya |
| Species: | C. spinigera |
| Binomial name | |
| Coccopigya spinigera (Jeffreys, 1883)[1] | |
| Synonyms | |
|
Cocculina conspersa Dautzenberg & H. Fischer, 1897[2] | |
Coccopigya spinigera is a species of sea snail, deep-sea limpet, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cocculinidae.[3]
Distribution
- Range: 39.7°N to 28°N; 83°W to 0°W.[3]
- Eastern Atlantic: Iceland[3]
- North West Atlantic[3]
- USA: Virginia, North Carolina, Florida; Florida: West Florida[3]
Description
The maximum recorded shell length is 3.2 mm.[4]
Habitat
Minimum recorded depth is 613 m.[4] Maximum recorded depth is 1550 m.[4]
References
- ↑ Jeffreys J. G. (1883). "On the Mollusca procured during the cruise of H. M. S. Triton, between the Hebrides and Faeroes in 1882". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London (1883)3: 389-399. Plate 44.
- ↑ Dautzenberg P. & Fischer H. (1897). "Dragages effectués par l'Hirondelle et par la Princesse Alice 1888-1896. Gastropodes et Pélécypodes." Mémoires de la Société Zoologique de France 10: 139-234. Plates 3-7.
- 1 2 3 4 5 Coccopigya spinigera (Jeffreys, 1883). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 30 March 2010.
- 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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