Stosicia aberrans

Stosicia aberrans is a species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Zebinidae.[1]

Stosicia aberrans
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Zebinidae
Genus: Stosicia
Species:
S. aberrans
Binomial name
Stosicia aberrans
(C. B. Adams, 1850)
Synonyms[1]
  • Rissoa aberrans C. B. Adams, 1850 (original combination)
  • Stossichia serrei Bavay, 1922

Distribution

This species occurs in the Caribbean Sea (Belize, Colombia, Costa Rica, Mexico, Panama) the Gulf of Mexico (Cuba, Jamaica) and the Lesser Antilles, Puerto Rico and off north-eastern Brazil.

Description

The maximum recorded shell length is 6 mm.[2]

Habitat

Minimum recorded depth is 0 m.[2] Maximum recorded depth is 93 m.[2]

References
  1. Stosicia aberrans (C. B. Adams, 1850). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 3 December 2018.
  2. 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.
  • Sleurs W.J.M. (1996) A revision of the Recent species of the genus Stosicia (Gastropoda: Rissoidae). Mededelingen van de Koninklijke Academie voor Weteschappen, Letteren en Schone Kunsten van België, Klasse der Wetenschappen 58(1): 117–158, 19 pls

Further reading
  • 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
  • "Stosicia (Isselia) aberrans". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 12 January 2011.


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