Schwartziella catesbyana

Schwartziella catesbyana
Three shells of Schwartziella catesbyana
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Littorinimorpha
Superfamily: Rissooidea
Family: Rissoinidae
Genus: Schwartziella
Species: S. catesbyana
Binomial name
Schwartziella catesbyana
(d’Orbigny, 1842)
Synonyms

Rissoa catesbyana d’Orbigny, 1842 (original combination)

Schwartziella catesbyana, common name Catesby's risso, 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 and the Gulf of Mexico, in the Atlantic Ocean along the Mid-Atlantic Ridge and North Carolina to Eastern Brazil.

Description

The size of the shell varies between 2 mm and 7 mm.

Habitat

The minimum recorded depth for this species is 0 m; maximum recorded depth is 40 m.[2]

References

  1. ↑ Schwartziella catesbyana (d’Orbigny, 1842). WoRMS (2010). Schwartziella catesbyana (d’Orbigny, 1842). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.eu/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=419637 on 9 August 2010.
  2. ↑ 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.
  • 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.


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