Onoba exarata

Onoba exarata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Littorinimorpha
Superfamily: Rissooidea
Family: Rissoidae
Genus: Onoba
Species: O. exarata
Binomial name
Onoba exarata
(Stimpson, 1851)
Synonyms[1]

Alvania exarata (Stimpson, 1851)

Onoba exarata is a species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Rissoidae.[1]

Description

The maximum recorded shell length is 3.3 mm.[2]

Habitat

Minimum recorded depth is 5 m.[2] Maximum recorded depth is 5 m.[2]

References

  1. 1 2 Onoba exarata (Stimpson, 1851). Rosenberg, G. (2010). Onoba exarata (Stimpson, 1851). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=159966 on 9 August 2010.
  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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