Tentaoculus eritmetus

Tentaoculus eritmetus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Vetigastropoda
Superfamily:	Lepetelloidea
Family:	Pseudococculinidae
Genus:	Tentaoculus
Species:	T. eritmetus
Binomial name
	Tentaoculus eritmetus; (A. E. Verrill, 1884)[1]
Synonyms
	Puncturella (Fissurisepta) eritmeta A. E. Verrill, 1884 (original description)

Tentaoculus eritmetus is a species of small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pseudococculinidae, the false limpets.[2]

Distribution

This species was found in the Atlantic Ocean off New England, USA.

The maximum recorded shell length is 5 mm.[3]

Minimum recorded depth is 2654 m.[3] Maximum recorded depth is 2654 m.[3]

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.
Rosenberg, G. (2012). Tentaoculus eritmetus (A. E. Verrill, 1884). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=533483 on 2013-02-02
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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