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Haliotinella patinaria
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Littorinimorpha
Family:	Naticidae
Genus:	Haliotinella
Species:	H. patinaria
Binomial name
Haliotinella patinaria Guppy, 1876
Synonyms
Berthella lowei (R. B. Watson, 1897) Pleurobranchus lowei R. B. Watson, 1897

Haliotinella patinaria is a species of predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Naticidae, the moon snails.

Distribution

This marine species occurs in the West Indies, off Saint Kitts; also off Trinidad.

Description

The maximum recorded shell length varies between 16 m mm and 18 mm.

Habitat

It has a minimum recorded depth is 0 m. Maximum recorded depth is 80 m.

References

1. Haliotinella patinaria Guppy, 1876. WoRMS (2010). Haliotinella patinaria Guppy, 1876. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=419754 on 17 June 2010 .
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.

• Guppy, R.J.L., 1876. Sur l'existence du genre Haliotinella aux Antilles. Journal de Conchyliologie 24: 161-163
• Guppy, R.J.L., 1878. Note sur l'Haliotinella patinaria et sur quelques autres Mollusques des Antilles. Journal de Conchyliologie 26: 321-325
• Fischer-Piette, E., 1950. Liste des types décrits dans le Journal de Conchyliologie et conservés dans la collection de ce journal (avec planches)(suite). Journal de Conchyliologie 90: 149-180

External links

• Watson, R. B. (1897). On the marine Mollusca of Madeira; with descriptions of thirty-five new species, and an index-list of all the known sea-dwelling species of that island. Journal of the Linnean Society of London, Zoology. 26(19): 233-329, pl. 19-20
• G.; Moretzsohn, F.; García, E. F. (2009). Gastropoda (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 579–699 in: Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas

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