Rissoina fenestrata

Rissoina fenestrata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Littorinimorpha
Superfamily: Rissooidea
Family: Rissoinidae
Genus: Rissoina
Species: R. fenestrata
Binomial name
Rissoina fenestrata
Gustav Schwartz
Synonyms[1]
  • Rissoina fenestrata Schwartz, 1860
  • Phosinella fenestrata Schwartz, 1860
  • Rissoina vanderspoeli auct. non Jong & Coomans, 1988

Rissoina fenestrata is a species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Rissoinidae.[2]

Distribution

This species occurs in the Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico; in the Indian Ocean off the Aldabra Atoll.

Description

The maximum recorded shell length is 4.5 mm.[3]

Habitat

Minimum recorded depth is 52 m.[3] Maximum recorded depth is 52 m.[3]

References

  1. Malacolog : Rissoina fenestrata
  2. Rissoina fenestrata Schwartz. WoRMS (2009). Rissoina fenestrata Schwartz. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=216952 on 9 August 2010.
  3. 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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