Schwartziella bouryi

Schwartziella bouryi is a species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Zebinidae. The taxonomic validity of this species is uncertain.[1]

Schwartziella bouryi
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Caenogastropoda
Clade: Hypsogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Zebinidae
Genus: Schwartziella
Species:
S. bouryi
Binomial name
Schwartziella bouryi
(Desjardin, 1949)

Distribution

This species occurs in the Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico.

Description

The maximum recorded shell length is 3 mm.[2]

Habitat

Minimum recorded depth is 0 m.[2] Maximum recorded depth is 10 m.[2]

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References

  1. Schwartziella bouryi (Desjardin, 1949). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 3 December 2018.
  2. 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.
  • Rosenberg, G., F. Moretzsohn, and E. F. García. 2009. Gastropoda (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 579–699 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas



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