Cocculina fenestrata
| Cocculina fenestrata | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Cocculiniformia |
| Superfamily: | Cocculinoidea |
| Family: | Cocculinidae |
| Genus: | Cocculina |
| Species: | C. fenestrata |
| Binomial name | |
| Cocculina fenestrata Ardila & Harasewych, 2005[1] | |
Cocculina fenestrata is a species of sea snail, deep-sea limpet, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cocculinidae.[2]
Distribution
Colombia: continental slope of Caribbean Sea[1]
Description
The maximum recorded shell length is 3.3 mm.[3]
Habitat
Minimum recorded depth is 504 m.[3] Maximum recorded depth is 504 m.[3]
References
- 1 2 Ardila N. E. & Harasewych M. G. (June 2005). "Cocculinid and pseudococculinid limpets (Gastropoda: Cocculiniformia) from off the Caribbean coast of Colombia". Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 118(2): 344-366. doi:10.2988/0006-324X(2005)118[344:CAPLGC]2.0.CO;2.
- ↑ Cocculina fenestrata Ardila & Harasewych, 2005. 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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