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Cardiapoda placenta

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Species of gastropod

Cardiapoda placenta
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Carinariidae
Genus: Cardiapoda
Species: C. placenta
Binomial name
Cardiapoda placenta
(Lesson, 1830)
Synonyms
  • Pterotrachea placenta Lesson, 1831
  • Carinaroides placenta (Lesson, 1831)
  • Carinaroida placenta (Lesson, 1831)
  • Cardiapoda pedunculata d'Orbigny, 1834
  • Cardiapoda acuta Tesch, 1906
  • Cardiapoda sublaevis Tesch, 1906
  • Cardiapoda trachydermon Tesch, 1906

Cardiapoda placenta, common name the flat cardiapod, is a species of sea snail, a rare pelagic gastropod mollusc in the family Carinariidae.

This species is found worldwide in warm seas between latitudes 40° North and 40° South at depths of up to 650 m.

Description

The maximum recorded shell length is 35 mm.

Habitat

Minimum recorded depth is 0 m. Maximum recorded depth is 203 m.

References

  1. "Cardiapoda placenta (Lesson, 1831)". Malacolog Version 4.1.0 : A Database of Western Atlantic Marine Mollusca. The Academy of Natural Sciences. Retrieved 9 December 2023.
  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.

Further reading

Taxon identifiers
Cardiapoda placenta

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