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Pseudococculina rimula
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Vetigastropoda
Order:	Lepetellida
Family:	Pseudococculinidae
Genus:	Pseudococculina
Species:	P. rimula
Binomial name
Pseudococculina rimula Simone & Cunha, 2003

Pseudococculina rimula is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Pseudococculinidae.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off Southeast Brazil.

Description

The maximum recorded length of the white, patelliform shell is 3.3 mm.

Habitat

Minimum recorded depth is 350 m. Maximum recorded depth is 400 m.

References

1. Simone & Cunha. 2003. Nautilus 117 (3): 69-77. World Register of Marine Species, Retrieved 9 April 2010.
2. Pseudococculina rimula Simone & Cunha, 2003. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 9 April 2010.
3. ^ 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.

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