Onchidiopsis glacialis
| Onchidiopsis glacialis | |
|---|---|
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| Drawing of dorsal view of live animal of Onchidiopsis glacialis | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Littorinimorpha |
| Superfamily: | Velutinoidea |
| Family: | Velutinidae |
| Genus: | Onchidiopsis |
| Species: | O. glacialis |
| Binomial name | |
| Onchidiopsis glacialis (M. Sars, 1851)[1] | |
| Synonyms | |
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Lamellaria glacialis M. Sars, 1851 | |
Onchidiopsis glacialis is a species of small sea snail with a transparent internal shell, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Velutinidae. Because the shell is mostly internal, the snail resembles a sea slug in general appearance.[2]
Distribution
The distribution of Onchidiopsis glacialis includes European waters.[2]
Description
The maximum recorded (shell?) length is 18 mm.[3]
Habitat
The minimum recorded depth for this species is 4 m; maximum recorded depth is 300 m.[3]
References
- ↑ (Norwegian) Sars M. (1851). "Beretning om en i Sommeren 1849 foretagen zoologisk Reise i Lofoten og Fimarken". Nyt Magazin for Naturvidenskaberne 6: 121-211. Type description is on the page 185.
- 1 2 Onchidiopsis glacialis (Sars M., 1851). Gofas, S. (2010). Onchidiopsis glacialis (Sars M., 1851). In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2010) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=141896 on 14 August 2010.
- 1 2 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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