Amphiplica plutonica is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Caymanabyssiidae.[2]
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| (unranked): | clade Vetigastropoda
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| Species: | A. plutonica
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| Amphiplica plutonica Leal & Harasewych, 1999[1]
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Distribution
editThis marine species was found in the Cayman Trench.
Description
editHabitat
editMinimum recorded depth is 6600 m.[3] Maximum recorded depth is 7225 m.[3]
References
edit- ^ Leal & Harasewych (1999). Invertebrate Biology 118 (2) : 116–136. World Register of Marine Species, Retrieved 9 April 2010.
- ^ Amphiplica plutonica Leal & Harasewych, 1999. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 9 April 2010.
- ^ 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.