Zebinella striosa

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

Zebinella striosa
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Rissoinidae
Genus: Zebinella
Species:
Z. striosa
Binomial name
Zebinella striosa
(C. B. Adams, 1850)
Synonyms[1]
  • Rissoa striosa C. B. Adams, 1850
  • Rissoina albida Schwartz, 1860
  • Rissoina striosa (C. B. Adams, 1850)

Distribution

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

Description

The maximum recorded shell length is 8 mm.[3]

Habitat

Minimum recorded depth is 0 m.[3] Maximum recorded depth is 1 m.[3]

References

  1. Malacolog : Rissoina striosa
  2. Zebinella striosa (C. B. Adams, 1850). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 4 December 2018.
  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.
  • Adams, C.B. (1845) Specierum novarum conchyliorum, in Jamaica repertorum, synopsis. Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History, 2, 1–17 page(s): 6
  • 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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