Hyalopatina rushii

(Redirected from Plesiothyreus rushii)

Hyalopatina rushii is a species of very small sea snail, a limpet, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Phenacolepadidae.[1]

Hyalopatina rushii
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Neritimorpha
Order: Cycloneritida
Family: Phenacolepadidae
Genus: Hyalopatina
Species:
H. rushii
Binomial name
Hyalopatina rushii
(Dall, 1889)
Synonyms[1]
  • Plesiothyreus rushii (Dall, 1889)
  • Umbraculum rushii Dall, 1889 (original combination)

Description

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Distribution

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This species occurs in the Gulf of Mexico, the Caribbean Sea and off the Lesser Antilles.

References

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  1. ^ a b MolluscaBase (2019). MolluscaBase. Hyalopatina rushii (Dall, 1889). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=754642 on 2020-01-12
  • 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.