Zebinella princeps

Zebinella princeps
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Littorinimorpha
Family:	Rissoinidae
Genus:	Zebinella
Species:	Z. princeps
Binomial name
	Zebinella princeps; (C. B. Adams, 1850)
Synonyms[1]
	Rissoa reticulata auct. non Sowerby, 1833; Rissoa princeps C. B. Adams, 1850 (original description); Rissoina princeps (C. B. Adams, 1850); Rissoina pseudoprinceps Weinkauff, 1884; Rissoina oligopleura Woodring, 1928;

Zebinella princeps is a species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Rissoinidae.[2]

Distribution

This species occurs in the Gulf of Mexico, the Caribbean Sea and the Lesser Antilles; in the Atlantic Ocean off Northern Brazil.

The maximum recorded shell length is 15 mm.[3]

Minimum recorded depth is 0 m.[3] Maximum recorded depth is 86 m.[3]

Malacolog : Rissoina princeps
Zebinella princeps (C. B. Adams, 1850). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 4 December 2018.
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.

Adams, C. B., 1850. Descriptions of supposed new species of marine shells, which inhabit Jamaica. Contributions to Conchology 7: 109-123 page(s): 116
Rosenberg, G., F. Moretzsohn, and E. F. García. 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. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.

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