Onoba leptalea is a species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Rissoidae.[1]

Onoba leptalea
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Rissoidae
Genus: Onoba
Species:
O. leptalea
Binomial name
Onoba leptalea
(Verrill, 1884)

Distribution

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Onoba leptalea

Description

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

Habitat

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Minimum recorded depth is 50 m.[2] Maximum recorded depth is 1836 m.[2]

References

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  1. ^ Onoba leptalea (Verrill, 1884). Gofas, S. (2009). Onoba leptalea (Verrill, 1884). 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=141315 on 9 August 2010 .
  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.