Macleaniella moskalevi

Macleaniella moskalevi
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Cocculiniformia
Superfamily: Cocculinoidea
Family: Cocculinidae
Genus: Macleaniella
Species: M. moskalevi
Binomial name
Macleaniella moskalevi
Leal & Harasewych, 1999[1]

Macleaniella moskalevi is a species of sea snail, deep-sea limpet, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cocculinidae.[2]

Distribution

Macleaniella moskalevi is endemic to Puerto Rico Trench.[1]

Description

The shell of Macleaniella moskalevi is small and cap-shaped.[3] The maximum recorded shell length is 5.17 mm.[4]

Habitat

Minimum recorded depth is 5184 m.[4] Maximum recorded depth is 8595 m.[4]

Life cycle

Simultaneous hermaphrodites.[3]

References

  1. 1 2 Leal J. H. & Harasewych M. G. (1999) "Deepest Atlantic Molluscs: Hadal Limpets (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Cocculiniformia) from the Northern Boundary of the Caribbean Plate". Invertebrate Biology 118(2): 116-136. abstract.
  2. Macleaniella moskalevi Leal & Harasewych, 1999.  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 30 March 2010.
  3. 1 2 Strong E. E. & Harasewych M. G. (1999). "Anatomy of the Hadal Limpet Macleaniella moskalevi (Gastropoda, Cocculinoidea)". Invertebrate Biology 118(2): 137-148. abstract
  4. 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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