Polinices immaculatus

Polinices immaculatus, common name the immaculate moonsnail, is a species of predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Naticidae, the moon snails.[1]

Polinices immaculatus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Littorinimorpha
Superfamily:
Naticoidea
Family:
Naticidae
Genus:
Polinices
Species:
P. immaculatus
Binomial name
Polinices immaculatus
(Totten, 1835)
Synonyms[1]
  • Euspira immaculata (Totten, 1835)
  • Natica immaculata Totten, 1835 (basionym)

Distribution

This species occurs in the Northwest Atlantic Ocean.

Description

The maximum recorded shell length is 10 mm.[2]

Habitat

Minimum recorded depth is 9 m.[2] Maximum recorded depth is 201 m.[2]

References
  1. Bouchet, P. (2012). Polinices immaculatus (Totten, 1835). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=585066 on 2012-08-16
  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.
  • Brunel, P., L. Bosse, & G. Lamarche. (1998). Catalogue of the marine invertebrates of the estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence. Canadian Special Publication of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 126. 405 p.
  • Trott, T.J. 2004. Cobscook Bay inventory: a historical checklist of marine invertebrates spanning 162 years. Northeastern Naturalist (Special Issue 2): 261 - 324.
  • Torigoe K. & Inaba A. (2011) Revision on the classification of Recent Naticidae. Bulletin of the Nishinomiya Shell Museum 7: 133 + 15 pp., 4 pls.


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