Stosicia houbricki

Stosicia houbricki
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Zebinidae
Genus: Stosicia
Species:
S. houbricki
Binomial name
Stosicia houbricki
Sleurs, 1996

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

Distribution

This species occurs in the Caribbean Sea off Belize.

Description

The maximum recorded shell length is 4.3 mm.[2]

Habitat

Minimum recorded depth is 0 m.[2] Maximum recorded depth is 35 m.[2]

References

  1. ^ Stosicia houbricki Sleurs, 1996. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 3 December 2018.
  2. ^ a b c 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. page(s): 142
  • 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.
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