Cylindrobulla gigas

Cylindrobulla gigas
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura
clade Panpulmonata
clade Sacoglossa
Superfamily: Cylindrobulloidea
Family: Cylindrobullidae
Genus: Cylindrobulla
Species: C. gigas
Binomial name
Cylindrobulla gigas
Mikkelsen, 1998[1]

Cylindrobulla gigas is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cylindrobullidae.

Distribution

Description

The maximum recorded shell length is 17.5 mm.[2]

Habitat

Minimum recorded depth is 0.5 m.[2] Maximum recorded depth is 18 m.[2]

References

  1. 1 2 Mikkelsen P. M. (1998). "Cylindrobulla and Ascobulla in the western Atlantic (Gastropoda, Opisthobranchia, Sacoglossa): Systematic review, description of a new species, and phylogenetic reanalysis". Zoologica Scripta 27 (1): 49–71. doi:10.1111/j.1463-6409.1998.tb00428.x.
  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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