Laevilitorina wandelensis

Laevilitorina wandelensis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Littorinidae, the winkles or periwinkles.[1]

Laevilitorina wandelensis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Littorinidae
Genus: Laevilitorina
Species:
L. wandelensis
Binomial name
Laevilitorina wandelensis
(Lamy, 1905)
Synonyms[1]

Lacuna notorcadensis Melvill & Standen, 1907

Distribution edit

Description edit

The maximum recorded shell length is 3 mm.[2]

Habitat edit

Minimum recorded depth is 18 m.[2] Maximum recorded depth is 391 m.[2]

References edit

  1. ^ a b Laevilitorina wandelensis (Lamy, 1905). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species.
  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.
  • Warén A. & Hain S. (1996) Description of Zerotulidae fam. nov. (Littorinoidea), with comments on an Antarctic littorinid gastropod. The Veliger 39(4):277-334.