Fossarus elegans

Fossarus elegans
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: incertae sedis
Family: Planaxidae
Genus: Fossarus
Species:
F. elegans
Binomial name
Fossarus elegans
Verrill & Smith, 1882

Fossarus elegans is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Planaxidae.[1]

Description

The maximum recorded shell length is 5.3 mm.[2]

Habitat

Minimum recorded depth is 128 m.[2] Maximum recorded depth is 260 m.[2]

References

  1. ^ Fossarus elegans Verrill & Smith, 1882. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 17 May 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.
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