Zebinella striosa

Zebinella striosa
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Littorinimorpha
Superfamily: Rissooidea
Family: Rissoinidae
Genus: Zebinella
Species: Z. striosa
Binomial name
Zebinella striosa
(C. B. Adams, 1850)
Synonyms[1]
  • Rissoa striosa C. B. Adams, 1850
  • Rissoina albida Schwartz, 1860
  • Rissoina striosa (C. B. Adams, 1850)

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

Distribution

This species occurs in the Gulf of Mexico, the Caribbean Sea and the Lesser Antilles; in the Atlantic Ocean off Northern Brazil.

Description

The maximum recorded shell length is 8 mm.[3]

Habitat

Minimum recorded depth is 0 m.[3] Maximum recorded depth is 1 m.[3]

References

  1. Malacolog : Rissoina striosa
  2. Faber, M. (2014). Zebinella striosa (C. B. Adams, 1850). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=765825 on 2014-07-15
  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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