Zebinella princeps

Zebinella princeps is a species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Rissoinidae.[2]

Zebinella princeps
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Caenogastropoda
Clade: Hypsogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Rissoinidae
Genus: Zebinella
Species:
Z. princeps
Binomial name
Zebinella princeps
(C. B. Adams, 1850)
Synonyms[1]
  • Rissoa reticulata auct. non Sowerby, 1833
  • Rissoa princeps C. B. Adams, 1850 (original description)
  • Rissoina princeps (C. B. Adams, 1850)
  • Rissoina pseudoprinceps Weinkauff, 1884
  • Rissoina oligopleura Woodring, 1928

Distribution

This species occurs in the Gulf of Mexico, the Caribbean Sea and the Lesser Antilles; in the Atlantic Ocean off Northern Brazil.

Description

The maximum recorded shell length is 15 mm.[3]

Habitat

Minimum recorded depth is 0 m.[3] Maximum recorded depth is 86 m.[3]

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References
  1. Malacolog : Rissoina princeps
  2. Zebinella princeps (C. B. Adams, 1850). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 4 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.
  • Adams, C. B., 1850. Descriptions of supposed new species of marine shells, which inhabit Jamaica. Contributions to Conchology 7: 109-123 page(s): 116
  • 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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