Schwartziella floridana

Schwartziella floridana
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Littorinimorpha
Superfamily: Rissooidea
Family: Rissoinidae
Genus: Schwartziella
Species: S. floridana
Binomial name
Schwartziella floridana
(Olsson & Harbison, 1953)
Synonyms

Rissoina floridana Olsson & Harbison, 1953 (original combination)

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

Distribution

This species occurs in the Gulf of Mexico.

Description

Fossil shell from Pliocene of Forida

The maximum recorded shell length is 4.5 mm.[2]

Habitat

Minimum recorded depth is 0 m.[2] Maximum recorded depth is 48 m.[2]

References

  1. Schwartziella floridana (Olsson & Harbison, 1953). WoRMS (2010). Schwartziella floridana (Olsson & Harbison, 1953). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.eu/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=419640 on 9 August 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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