Schwartziella bryerea is a species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Zebinidae.[1]

Schwartziella bryerea
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Zebinidae
Genus: Schwartziella
Species:
S. bryerea
Binomial name
Schwartziella bryerea
(Montagu, 1803)
Synonyms[1]
  • Rissoa subangulata C. B. Adams, 1850
  • Rissoina bermudensis Peile, 1926
  • Rissoina bryerea (Montagu, 1803)
  • Rissoina decipiens E. A. Smith, 1890
  • Rissoina michaudi Desjardin, 1949
  • Schwartziella subangulata (C. B. Adams, 1850)
  • Turbo bryereus Montagu, 1803 (basionym)

Distribution edit

This species occurs in the Caribbean Sea, the Gulf of Mexico and the Lesser Antilles and in the Atlantic Ocean along Florida, Brazil, Ascension Island and Saint Helena.

Description edit

The maximum recorded shell length is 5.8 mm.[2]

Habitat edit

Minimum recorded depth is 0 m.[2] Maximum recorded depth is 34 m.[2]

References edit

  1. ^ a b Schwartziella bryerea (Montagu, 1803). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 3 December 2018.
  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.

Further reading edit

  • Smith E. A. (1890) Report on the marine molluscan fauna of the island of St. Helena. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London (1890): 247–317, pl 21–24. [August 1890] page(s): 287, pl. 23 fig. 36
  • 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.
  • Rolán E. & Fernández-Garcés R. (2010) The shouldered species of the Rissoininae (Mollusca: Rissooidea) in the Caribbean with the description of three new species. Novapex 11(4): 83–91. page(s): 87.

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