Laevilitorina caliginosa is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Littorinidae, the winkles or periwinkles.[1]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Littorinimorpha |
| Family: | Littorinidae |
| Genus: | Laevilitorina |
| Species: | L. caliginosa
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| Binomial name | |
| Laevilitorina caliginosa (Gould, 1849)
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Distribution edit
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Description edit
Habitat edit
Minimum recorded depth is 0 m.[2] Maximum recorded depth is 40 m.[2]
References edit
- ^ Laevilitorina caliginosa (Gould, 1849). Reid, David G. (2010). Laevilitorina caliginosa (Gould, 1849). In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2010) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=197205 on 6 June 2010 .
- ^ 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.
- Pelseneer, P. (1903). Zoologie: Mollusques (Amphineures, Gastropodes et Lamellibranches). Résultats du Voyage du S.Y. Belgica en 1897-1898-1899 sous le commandement de A. de Gerlache de Gomery: Rapports Scientifiques (1901–1913). Buschmann: Anvers. 85, IX plates pp.
- Engl, W. (2012). Shells of Antarctica. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. 402 pp.
External links edit
- Griffiths, H.J.; Linse, K.; Crame, J.A. (2003). SOMBASE – Southern Ocean mollusc database: a tool for biogeographic analysis in diversity and evolution. Organisms Diversity and Evolution. 3: 207–213
- Reid D.G. (1989) The comparative morphology, phylogeny and evolution of the gastropod family Littorinidae. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B 324: 1–110
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