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. 1 2 Laevilitorina wandelensis (Lamy, 1905).  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species.
  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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