Onchidiopsis kingmaruensis

Onchidiopsis kingmaruensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Littorinimorpha
Superfamily: Velutinoidea
Family: Velutinidae
Genus: Onchidiopsis
Species: O. kingmaruensis
Binomial name
Onchidiopsis kingmaruensis
Russell, 1942

Onchidiopsis kingmaruensis is a species of small sea snail with a transparent internal shell, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Velutinidae. Because the shell is mostly internal, the snail resembles a sea slug in general appearance.[1]

Description

The maximum recorded (shell?) length is 24 mm.[2]

Habitat

The minimum recorded depth for this species is 55 m; maximum recorded depth is 55 m.[2]

References

  1. Onchidiopsis kingmaruensis Russell, 1942. Rosenberg, G. (2010). Onchidiopsis kingmaruensis Russell, 1942. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=159961 on 14 August 2010.
  2. 1 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.


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