Onustus longleyi
| Onustus longleyi | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Littorinimorpha |
| Superfamily: | Xenophoroidea |
| Family: | Xenophoridae |
| Genus: | Onustus |
| Species: | O. longleyi |
| Binomial name | |
| Onustus longleyi Bartsch, 1931 | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Xenophora longleyi Bartsch, 1931 | |
Onustus longleyi is a species of large sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Xenophoridae, the carrier shells.[1]
Distribution
Onustus longleyi is distributed along the American Atlantic coast from North Carolina to the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean reaching Brazil in the South. It can be found between 180 and 695 meters.[2]
References
- 1 2 Onustus longleyi Bartsch, 1931. WoRMS (2010). Onustus longleyi Bartsch, 1931. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=468054 on 9 July 2010.
- ↑ Kreipl, K. & Alf, A. (1999): Recent Xenophoridae. 148 pp. incl. 28 color plts. ConchBooks, Hackenheim, ISBN 3-925919-26-0.
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