Laevilitorina wandelensis
| Laevilitorina wandelensis | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Littorinimorpha |
| Superfamily: | Littorinoidea |
| Family: | Littorinidae |
| Genus: | Laevilitorina |
| Species: | L. wandelensis |
| Binomial name | |
| Laevilitorina wandelensis (Lamy, 1905) | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
|
Lacuna notorcadensis Melvill & Standen, 1907 | |
Laevilitorina wandelensis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Littorinidae, the winkles or periwinkles.[1]
Description
The maximum recorded shell length is 3 mm.[2]
Habitat
Minimum recorded depth is 18 m.[2] Maximum recorded depth is 391 m.[2]
References
- 1 2 Laevilitorina wandelensis (Lamy, 1905). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species.
- 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.
- Warén A. & Hain S. (1996) Description of Zerotulidae fam. nov. (Littorinoidea), with comments on an Antarctic littorinid gastropod. The Veliger 39(4):277-334.
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