Verticosta migrans

Verticosta migrans is a species of small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Capulidae, the cap snails.[1]

Verticosta migrans
Original image of a shell of Verticosta migrans
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Littorinimorpha
Superfamily:
Capuloidea
Family:
Capulidae
Genus:
Verticosta
Species:
V. migrans
Binomial name
Verticosta migrans
(Dall, 1881)
Synonyms

Trichotropis migrans Dall, 1881

Description

The maximum recorded shell length is 10 mm.[2]

Habitat

Minimum recorded depth is 65 m.[2] Maximum recorded depth is 366 m.[2]

References
  1. MolluscaBase (2020). MolluscaBase. Verticosta migrans (Dall, 1881). Accessed at: http://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1397677 on 2020-01-07
  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.
  • Huang S.-I [Shih-I] & Lin M.-H. [Ming-Hui]. (2020). Verticosta n. gen. from Taiwan, Philippine, Gulf of Oman and North Atlantic Ocean (Gastropoda, Capulidae). Bulletin of Malacology, Taiwan. 43: 13–24.


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