Cocculina messingi
| Cocculina messingi | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Cocculiniformia |
| Superfamily: | Cocculinoidea |
| Family: | Cocculinidae |
| Genus: | Cocculina |
| Species: | C. messingi |
| Binomial name | |
| Cocculina messingi McLean & Harasewych, 1995[1] | |
Cocculina messingi is a species of sea snail, deep-sea limpet, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cocculinidae.[2]
Distribution
Description
The maximum recorded shell length is 10.9 mm.[4]
Habitat
Minimum recorded depth is 282 m.[4] Maximum recorded depth is 412 m.[4]
References
- ↑ McLean J. H. & Harasewych M. G. (1995). "Review of western Atlantic species of cocculinid and pseudococculinid limpets, with descriptions of new species (Gastropoda: Cocculiniformia)". Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County Contributions to Science 453:1–33.
- ↑ Cocculina messingi McLean & Harasewych, 1995. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 30 March 2010.
- ↑ 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.
- 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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