Stosicia aberrans
| Stosicia aberrans | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Littorinimorpha |
| Superfamily: | Rissooidea |
| Family: | Rissoinidae |
| Genus: | Stosicia |
| Species: | S. aberrans |
| Binomial name | |
| Stosicia aberrans (C. B. Adams, 1850) | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Stosicia aberrans 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 (Belize, Colombia, Costa Rica, Mexico, Panama) the Gulf of Mexico (Cuba, Jamaica) and the Lesser Antilles, Puerto Rico and Northeast Brazil.
Description
The maximum recorded shell length is 6 mm.[2]
Habitat
Minimum recorded depth is 0 m.[2] Maximum recorded depth is 93 m.[2]
References
- 1 2 Stosicia aberrans (C. B. Adams, 1850). WoRMS (2010). Stosicia aberrans (C. B. Adams, 1850). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=419642 on 12 January 2011.
- 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.
- Sleurs W.J.M. (1996) A revision of the Recent species of the genus Stosicia (Gastropoda: Rissoidae). Mededelingen van de Koninklijke Academie voor Weteschappen, Letteren en Schone Kunsten van België, Klasse der Wetenschappen 58(1): 117-158, 19 pls
Further reading
- Rosenberg, G., F. Moretzsohn, and E. F. García. 2009. Gastropoda (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 579–699 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas
External links
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