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Laevilacunaria bennetti

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Species of gastropod

Laevilacunaria bennetti
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Littorinimorpha
Superfamily: Littorinoidea
Family: Littorinidae
Genus: Laevilacunaria
Species: L. bennetti
Binomial name
Laevilacunaria bennetti
(Preston, 1916)
Synonyms
  • Laevilacunaria (Pellilacunella) bennetti (Preston, 1916)
  • Laevilacunaria benetti
  • Laevilitorina bennetti (Preston, 1916)
  • Pellilitorina bennetti Preston, 1916 (original combination)

Laevilacunaria bennetti is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Littorinidae, the winkles or periwinkles.

Distribution

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Description

The maximum recorded shell length is 6 mm.

Habitat

Minimum recorded depth is 10 m. Maximum recorded depth is 27 m.

References

  1. Rosenberg, G. (2014). Laevilacunaria bennetti (Preston, 1916). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=766736 on 2015-02-19
  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.
  • Reid, D.G. (1989a) The comparative morphology, phylogeny and evolution of the gastropod family Littorinidae. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London, Series B 324: 1–110.
Taxon identifiers
Laevilitorina bennetti


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