Bostrycapulus aculeatus
| Bostrycapulus aculeatus | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Littorinimorpha |
| Superfamily: | Calyptraeoidea |
| Family: | Calyptraeidae |
| Genus: | Bostrycapulus |
| Species: | B. aculeatus |
| Binomial name | |
| Bostrycapulus aculeatus (Gmelin, 1791) | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Bostrycapulus aculeatus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Calyptraeidae, the slipper snails or slipper limpets, cup-and-saucer snails, and hat snails.[1]
Distribution
This species occurs in Florida and the Bahamas.
Description
The maximum recorded shell length is 30 mm.[2]
Habitat
Minimum recorded depth is 0 m.[2] Maximum recorded depth is 80 m.[2]
References
- 1 2 Bostrycapulus aculeatus (Gmelin, 1791). WoRMS (2010). Bostrycapulus aculeatus (Gmelin, 1791). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=419700 on 2010-06-03.
- 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.
External links
- http://www.stri.si.edu/sites/collinlab/tree_species/bostrycapulus.html
- http://stri.si.edu/collinlab/tree_species/details.php?id=41
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