Litiopa melanostoma, common name the brown Sargassum shell, is a species of very small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Litiopidae.[1]
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| Litiopa melanostoma sea snail (Rang, 1829), juvenile shell, originally from Puerto Rico | |
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Distribution edit
This species occurs in the Gulf of Mexico, the Caribbean Sea, the Lesser Antilles, Puerto Rico and off the Azores; in the North Atlantic Ocean, off Newfoundland.
Description edit
Litiopa melanostoma (Sargassum Snail) has been found to have a maximum recorded shell length of 6 mm.[2]
Habitat edit
The minimum recorded depth for this species is 0 m; the maximum recorded depth is 805 m.[2] The snail is known to live on floating beds of Sargassum.
References edit
- ^ Litiopa melanostoma (Rang, 1829). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 17 May 2010.
- ^ a b 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.
- Rang S. (1829). Notice sur le Litiope, Litiopa, genre nouveau de Mollusque astéropode. Annales des Sciences Naturelles 16: 303–307 page(s): 307
External links edit
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Litiopa melanostoma.
- "Litiopa melanostoma". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.