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Cerithiopsis aralia

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Species of gastropod

Cerithiopsis aralia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Clade: Hypsogastropoda
Family: Cerithiopsidae
Genus: Cerithiopsis
Species: C. aralia
Binomial name
Cerithiopsis aralia
Olsson & Harbison, 1953

Cerithiopsis aralia is a species of sea snail, a gastropod in the family Cerithiopsidae, which is known from the Gulf of Mexico. It was described by Olsson and Harbison in 1953.

Description

The maximum recorded shell length is 3.3 mm.

Habitat

Minimum recorded depth is 15 m. Maximum recorded depth is 101 m.

References

  1. Cerithiopsis aralia 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 aralia


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