Personella

Personella is a genus of predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cymatiidae. Its only species is Personella lewisi.[2]

Personella
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Caenogastropoda
Clade: Hypsogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Cymatiidae
Genus: Personella
Conrad, 1865
Species
  • Personella lewisi (Harasewych & Petuch, 1980)[1]
Synonyms
  • Sassia lewisi Harasewych & Petuch, 1980

Distribution

Description

The maximum recorded shell length is 27.9 mm.[3]

Habitat

Minimum recorded depth is 80 m.[3] Maximum recorded depth is 140 m.[3]

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References
  1. Harasewych M. G. & Petuch E. J. (1980). "Sassia lewisi, a new cymatiid gastropod from the Caribbean Sea". The Nautilus 94(3): 121-122.
  2. Personella (Harasewych & Petuch, 1980). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 6 December 2018.
  3. 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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