Sassia lewisi
| Sassia lewisi | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Littorinimorpha |
| Superfamily: | Tonnoidea |
| Family: | Ranellidae |
| Subfamily: | Cymatiinae |
| Genus: | Sassia |
| Species: | S. lewisi |
| Binomial name | |
| Sassia lewisi Harasewych & Petuch, 1980[1] | |
Sassia lewisi is a species of predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Ranellidae, the triton snails, triton shells or tritons.[2]
Description
The maximum recorded shell length is 27.9 mm.[3]
Habitat
Minimum recorded depth is 80 m.[3] Maximum recorded depth is 140 m.[3]
References
- ↑ Harasewych M. G. & Petuch E. J. (1980). "Sassia lewisi, a new cymatiid gastropod from the Caribbean Sea". The Nautilus 94(3): 121-122.
- ↑ Sassia lewisi Harasewych & Petuch, 1980. Gofas, S. (2009). Sassia lewisi Harasewych & Petuch, 1980. In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through the World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=181012 on 27 June 2010.
- 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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