Seila adamsii is a species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc or micromollusc in the family Cerithiopsidae.[1]
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Clade: | Hypsogastropoda |
Family: | Cerithiopsidae |
Genus: | Seila |
Species: | S. adamsii
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Binomial name | |
Seila adamsii (H. C. Lea, 1845)
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Description
editThe maximum recorded shell length is 13 mm.[2]
Habitat
editMinimum recorded depth is 0 m.[2] Maximum recorded depth is 80 m.[2]
References
edit- ^ Rosenberg, G. (2010). Seila adamsii (H.C. Lea, 1845). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=160051 on 2011-02-17
- ^ 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.