Cocculina fenestrata

Cocculina fenestrata is a species of sea snail, deep-sea limpet, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cocculinidae.[2]

Cocculina fenestrata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Cocculinida
Superfamily: Cocculinoidea
Family: Cocculinidae
Genus: Cocculina
Species:
C. fenestrata
Binomial name
Cocculina fenestrata
Ardila & Harasewych, 2005[1]

Distribution

Colombia: continental slope of Caribbean Sea[1]

Description

The maximum recorded shell length is 3.3 mm.[3]

Habitat

Minimum recorded depth is 504 m.[3] Maximum recorded depth is 504 m.[3]

References
  1. Ardila N. E. & Harasewych M. G. (June 2005). "Cocculinid and pseudococculinid limpets (Gastropoda: Cocculiniformia) from off the Caribbean coast of Colombia". Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 118(2): 344–366. doi:10.2988/0006-324X(2005)118[344:CAPLGC]2.0.CO;2.
  2. Cocculina fenestrata Ardila & Harasewych, 2005. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 30 March 2010.
  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.
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