Spurwinkia salsa
| Spurwinkia salsa | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Littorinimorpha |
| Superfamily: | Truncatelloidea |
| Family: | Cochliopidae |
| Genus: | Spurwinkia |
| Species: | S. salsa |
| Binomial name | |
| Spurwinkia salsa (Pilsbry, 1905) | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Spurwinkia salsa is a species of very small aquatic snail, an operculate gastropod mollusk in the family Cochliopidae.[1]
Distribution
Distribution of Spurwinkia salsa in the North West Atlantic is from 44.01°N to 38.25°N and from 75.9°W to 69.6°W.[2]
Distribution of Spurwinkia salsa in the USA: Gulf of Maine, Maine, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Connecticut, New Jersey and Maryland.[2]
Description
The maximum recorded shell length is 7.1 mm.[3]
Habitat
Brackish water.[2] Minimum recorded depth is 0 m.[3] Maximum recorded depth is 6 m.[3]
References
This article incorporates CC-BY-SA-3.0 text from the reference[2]
- 1 2 Bouchet, P.; Rosenberg, G. (2014). Spurwinkia salsa (Pilsbry, 1905). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=160412 on 2014-11-16
- 1 2 3 4 Bouchet, P.; Rosenberg, G. (2010). Spurwinkia salsa (Pilsbry, 1905). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=160412 on 2011-02-07
- 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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