Copulabyssia similaris

Copulabyssia similaris is a species of small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pseudococculinidae, the false limpets.[2][3]

Copulabyssia similaris
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Vetigastropoda
Family: Pseudococculinidae
Genus: Copulabyssia
Species:
C. similaris
Binomial name
Copulabyssia similaris
Hasegawa, 1997[1]

Description

The shell grows to a size of 3 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Pacific Ocean off Japan.

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References

  1. Hasegawa K. (1997) Sunken wood-associated gastropods collected from Suruga Bay, Pacific side of the central Honshu, Japan, with description of 12 new species. In: Deep-Sea Fauna and Pollutants in Suruga Bay. National ScienceMuseum Monographs 12: 59–123.. World Register of Marine Species, Retrieved 2013-02-02.
  2. Bouchet, P. (2012). Copulabyssia similaris Hasegawa, 1997. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=580620 on 2013-02-02
  3. Hasegawa K. (2009) Upper bathyal gastropods of the Pacific coast of northern Honshu, Japan, chiefly collected by R/V Wakataka-maru. In: T. Fujita (ed.), Deep-sea fauna and pollutants off Pacific coast of northern Japan. National Museum of Nature and Science Monographs 39: 225-383.


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