Copulabyssia colombia

Copulabyssia colombia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Vetigastropoda
Superfamily: Lepetelloidea
Family: Pseudococculinidae
Genus: Copulabyssia
Species: C. colombia
Binomial name
Copulabyssia colombia
Ardila & Harasewych, 2005[1]

Copulabyssia colombia is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pseudococculinidae.[2]

Distribution

C. colombia is found on the Columbian coast of the Caribbean sea [3]

Description

The maximum recorded shell length is 3.6 mm.[4]

Habitat

Minimum recorded depth is 300 m.[4] Maximum recorded depth is 300 m.[4]

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. Copulabyssia colombia Ardila & Harasewych, 2005.  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 9 April 2010.
  3. {{url = http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=389315 | title=World register of Marine species entry }}
  4. 1 2 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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