Copulabyssia leptalea

Copulabyssia leptalea is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pseudococculinidae.[2]

Copulabyssia leptalea
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Vetigastropoda
Superfamily:	Lepetelloidea
Family:	Pseudococculinidae
Genus:	Copulabyssia
Species:	C. leptalea
Binomial name
Copulabyssia leptalea (A. E. Verrill, 1884) [1]
Synonyms
Cocculina leptalea A. E. Verrill, 1884

Description

The shell grows to a size of 4 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean from New Jersey to East Florida, USA, at depths between 530 m and 3800 m.

Description

The maximum recorded shell length is 4 mm.[3]

Habitat

Minimum recorded depth is 534 m.[3] Maximum recorded depth is 3834 m.[3]

References

1. Verrill, A. E. 1884. Second catalogue of Mollusca recently added to the fauna of the New England coast and the adjacent parts of the Atlantic, consisting mostly of deep-sea species, with notes on others previously recorded. Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences 6: 139–294, pls. 28–32.
2. Copulabyssia leptalea (A. E. Verrill, 1884). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 9 April 2010.
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.