Melanella antarctica
Melanella antarctica is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Eulimidae. The species is one of many species known to exist within the genus, Melanella. As the biological classification states, this species is notable for being mainly distributed in southern waters, these would include the Amundsen Sea, Bellingshausen Sea, Weddell Sea and the Ross Sea respectively.[1][2][3]
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| (unranked): | clade Caenogastropoda |
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| Species: | M. antarctica |
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| Melanella antarctica Strebel, 1908 | |
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Habitat
Minimum recorded depth is 102 m.[4] Maximum recorded depth is 489 m.[4]
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References
- Strebel, 1908. Southern Ocean Mollusc Database (SOMBASE), available online at "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2007-01-18. Retrieved 2012-11-03.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=197274 on 2013-03-26.
- Engl W. (2012) Shells of Antarctica. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. 402 pp.
- Warén A. (2011). Checklist of Eulimidae. pers. com.
- 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.
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