Zebinella decussata is a species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Rissoinidae.[2]
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| Two views of a shell of Zebinella decussata | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Littorinimorpha |
| Family: | Rissoinidae |
| Genus: | Zebinella |
| Species: | Z. decussata
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| Binomial name | |
| Zebinella decussata (Montagu, 1803)
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Distribution edit
This species occurs in the Caribbean Sea, the Gulf of Mexico and the Lesser Antilles.
Description edit
Habitat edit
Minimum recorded depth is 0 m.[3] Maximum recorded depth is 106 m.[3]
References edit
- ^ Malacolog : Rissoina
- ^ Zebinella decussata (Montagu, 1803). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 4 December 2018.
- ^ 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.
- Faber M.J. & Moolenbeek R.G. (2013) Two new species of Rissoinidae from Guadeloupe (Gastropoda: Rissooidea). Miscellanea Malacologica 6(1): 9-14
- Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. China Science Press. 1267 pp.
External links edit
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- Montagu, G. (1803). Testacea Britannica or natural history of British shells, marine, land, and fresh-water, including the most minute: Systematically arranged and embellished with figures. J. White, London, Vol. 1, xxxvii + 291 pp;; Vol. 2, pp. 293–606, pl. 1-16
- Sacco, F. (1895). I Molluschi dei terreni terziarii del Piemonte e della Liguria. Parte XVIII. (Melaniidae, Littorinidae, Fossaridae, Rissoidae, Hydrobiidae, Paludinidae e Valvatidae). Torino: Carlo Clausen. 51 pp., 1 pl.