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Cerithiopsis apicina

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Species of gastropod

Cerithiopsis apicina
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Clade: Hypsogastropoda
Family: Cerithiopsidae
Genus: Cerithiopsis
Species: C. apicina
Binomial name
Cerithiopsis apicina
Dall, 1927

Cerithiopsis apicina is a species of very small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Cerithiopsidae. This species was described by William Healy Dall in 1927.

Description

The maximum recorded shell length is 5.5 mm.

Habitat

Minimum recorded depth is 805 m. Maximum recorded depth is 805 m.

References

  1. Cerithiopsis apicina 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 apicina


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