Schwartziella bryerea

Schwartziella bryerea
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Littorinimorpha
Superfamily: Rissooidea
Family: Rissoinidae
Genus: Schwartziella
Species: S. bryerea
Binomial name
Schwartziella bryerea
(Montagu, 1803)
Synonyms[1]
  • Rissoa subangulata C. B. Adams, 1850
  • Rissoina bermudensis Peile, 1926
  • Rissoina bryerea (Montagu, 1803)
  • Rissoina decipiens E. A. Smith, 1890
  • Rissoina michaudi Desjardin, 1949
  • Schwartziella subangulata (C. B. Adams, 1850)
  • Turbo bryereus Montagu, 1803 (basionym)

Schwartziella bryerea is a species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Rissoinidae.[1]

Distribution

This species occurs in the Caribbean Sea, the Gulf of Mexico and the Lesser Antilles and in the Atlantic Ocean along Florida, Brazil, Ascension Island and Saint Helena.

Description

The maximum recorded shell length is 5.8 mm.[2]

Habitat

Minimum recorded depth is 0 m.[2] Maximum recorded depth is 34 m.[2]

References

  1. 1 2 Schwartziella bryerea (Montagu, 1803). WoRMS (2010). Schwartziella bryerea (Montagu, 1803). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.eu/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=419636 on 29 December 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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