Copulabyssia tenuis

Copulabyssia tenuis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pseudococculinidae.[1]

Copulabyssia tenuis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Vetigastropoda
Superfamily:
Lepetelloidea
Family:
Pseudococculinidae
Genus:
Copulabyssia
Species:
C. tenuis
Binomial name
Copulabyssia tenuis
(Monterosato, 1880)
Synonyms
  • Cocculina corrugata Jeffreys, 1883 (original combination)
  • Copulabyssia corrugata (Jeffreys, 1883)
  • Propilidium pertenue Jeffreys, 1883

Description

The size of the shell varies between 0.7 mm and 2.6 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean from the Faroes to Madeira; in the Mediterranean Sea.

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References
  1. WoRMS (2020). Copulabyssia tenuis (Monterosato, 1880). Accessed at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1398526 on 2020-01-11
  • "Copulabyssia corrugata". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
  • Monterosato T. A. (di) (1880). Conchiglie della zona degli abissi. Bullettino della Società Malacologica Italiana,, Pisa, 6: 50–82
  • effreys, J. G. (1883). On the Mollusca procured during the cruise of H. M. S. Triton, between the Hebrides and Faeroes in 1882. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. (1883)
  • Appolloni, M.; Smriglio, C.; Amati, B.; Lugliè, L.; Nofroni, I.; Tringali, L. P.; Mariottini, P.; Oliverio, M. (2018). Catalogue of the primary types of marine molluscan taxa described by Tommaso Allery Di Maria, Marquis of Monterosato, deposited in the Museo Civico di Zoologia, Roma. Zootaxa. 4477(1): 1–138


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