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Cerithiopsis acontium

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Species of gastropod

Cerithiopsis acontium
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Clade: Hypsogastropoda
Family: Cerithiopsidae
Genus: Cerithiopsis
Species: C. acontium
Binomial name
Cerithiopsis acontium
W. H. Dall, 1889

Cerithiopsis acontium is a species of very small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cerithiopsidae. This species was described by the American malacologist William Healey Dall in 1889.

Description

The maximum recorded shell length is 8 mm.

Habitat

Minimum recorded depth is 183 m. Maximum recorded depth is 183 m.

References

  1. Cerithiopsis acontium at World Register of Marine Species.
  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.
Taxon identifiers
Cerithiopsis acontium


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