Lopheliella rockallensis
Lopheliella rockallensis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Skeneidae.[2]
| Lopheliella rockallensis | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Clade: | Vetigastropoda |
| Order: | Trochida |
| Superfamily: | Trochoidea |
| Family: | Skeneidae |
| Genus: | Lopheliella |
| Species: | L. rockallensis |
| Binomial name | |
| Lopheliella rockallensis Hoffman, van Heugten & Lavaleye, 2008[1] | |
Description
The species is described as having a cyrtoconoid outline, with a height of 2.7 mm, width 2.3 mm and an elevated convex spire with slightly inflated, regularly growing whorls, averaging 4.5 in number.[3]
Distribution
Specimens were recovered from water at depths between 500 and 1500 metres in a small rectangle on the southeastern flank of the Rockall Bank in the North Atlantic Ocean.[3]
References
- Hoffman, van Heugten & Lavaleye (2008). Miscellanea Malacologica 3 (3) : 39-48. World Register of Marine Species, Retrieved 21 April 2010.
- Lopheliella rockallensis Hoffman, van Heugten & Lavaleye, 2008. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 21 April 2010.
- Hoffman L., Van Heugten B., and Lavaleye M. S. S. (2008) "A new genus with four new species in the family Skeneidae (Gastropoda) from the Rockall Bank, northeastern Atlantic Ocean". Miscellanea Malacologica 3: pp. 39-48
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