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Sconsia grayi
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Littorinimorpha
Superfamily: Tonnoidea
Family: Cassidae
Genus: Sconsia
Species: S. grayi
Binomial name
Sconsia grayi
A. Adams, 1855

Sconsia grayi is a species of large sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cassidae, the helmet snails and bonnet snails.

Description

The maximum recorded shell length is 71 mm.

Distribution

Western Atlantic: Gulf of Mexico, off the coast of east Florida,
the Florida Keys, Caribbean Sea and eastern Brazil.

Habitat

Minimum recorded depth is 5 m. Maximum recorded depth is 640 m.

References

  1. Sconsia grayi A. Adams, 1855. Rosenberg, G. (2010). Sconsia grayi A. Adams, 1855. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=533413 on 2 March 2011 .
  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
Sconsia grayi


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