Pickenia signyensis

Pickenia signyensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Littorinimorpha
Superfamily: Cingulopsoidea
Family: Cingulopsidae
Genus: Pickenia
Species: P. signyensis
Binomial name
Pickenia signyensis
Ponder, 1983

Pickenia signyensis is a species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cingulopsidae.[1]

Description

The maximum recorded shell length is 1.48 mm.[2]

Habitat

Minimum recorded depth is 4 m.[2] Maximum recorded depth is 10 m.[2]

References

  1. ↑ Pickenia signyensis Ponder, 1983. WoRMS (2009). Pickenia signyensis Ponder, 1983. Accessed through the World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=197370 on 5 June 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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