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Desbruyeresia marisindica

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Species of gastropod

Desbruyeresia marisindica
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Family: Provannidae
Genus: Desbruyeresia
Species: D. marisindica
Binomial name
Desbruyeresia marisindica
Okutani, Hashimoto & Sasaki, 2004

Desbruyeresia marisindica is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Provannidae.

The specific name marisindica is from the Latin language word mare that means "sea" and from the Latin word indica that means "Indian" referring to the Indian Ocean, where the species lives.

Distribution

Map of southern part of the Central Indian Ridge (CIR) showing location of the Kairei hydrothermal vent site.

The type locality is the Kairei hydrothermal vent site on the Central Indian Ridge, just north of the Rodrigues Triple Point.

Description

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References

  1. ^ Okutani T., Hashimoto J. & Sasaki T. (2004). "New gastropod taxa from a hydrothermal vent (Kairei Field) in the central Indian Ocean". Venus 63(1-2): 1–10 PDF Archived 4 October 2013 at the Wayback Machine.
  2. Desbruyeresia marisindica Okutani, Hashimoto & Sasaki, 2004. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 May 2010.
  • Desbruyères, D., M. Segonzac & M. Bright (eds.). 2006. Handbook of Deep-sea Hydrothermal Vent Fauna. Second Edition Denisia 18: 1–544. (Copepods 316-355)(Polychaeta 183-296)
Taxon identifiers
Desbruyeresia marisindica


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