Heleobops docimus

Heleobops docimus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Littorinimorpha
Superfamily: Rissooidea
Family: Cochliopidae
Subfamily: Semisalsinae
Genus: Heleobops
Species: H. docimus
Binomial name
Heleobops docimus
F. G. Thompson, 1968

Heleobops docimus is a species of very small aquatic snail, an operculate gastropod mollusk in the family Cochliopidae.[1]


Description

The maximum recorded shell length is 5.1 mm.[2]

Habitat

Minimum recorded depth is 0 m.[2] Maximum recorded depth is 0 m.[2]

References

  1. Kroll O., Hershler R., Albrecht C., Terrazas E. M., Apaza R., Fuentealba C., Wolff C. & Wilke T. (2012). "The endemic gastropod fauna of Lake Titicaca: correlation between molecular evolution and hydrographic history". Ecology and Evolution 2(7): 1517-1530. doi:10.1002/ece3.280.
  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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