Copulabyssia leptalea
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| (unranked): | clade Vetigastropoda
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| Species: | C. leptalea
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| Copulabyssia leptalea (A. E. Verrill, 1884) [1]
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Cocculina leptalea A. E. Verrill, 1884 | |
Copulabyssia leptalea is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pseudococculinidae.[2]
Description
[edit]The shell grows to a size of 4 mm.
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Distribution
[edit]This marine species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean from New Jersey to East Florida, USA, at depths between 530 m and 3800 m.
Description
[edit]The maximum recorded shell length is 4 mm.[3]
Habitat
[edit]Minimum recorded depth is 534 m.[3] Maximum recorded depth is 3834 m.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ Verrill, A. E. 1884. Second catalogue of Mollusca recently added to the fauna of the New England coast and the adjacent parts of the Atlantic, consisting mostly of deep-sea species, with notes on others previously recorded. Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences 6: 139–294, pls. 28–32.
- ^ Copulabyssia leptalea (A. E. Verrill, 1884). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 9 April 2010.
- ^ a b c 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.