Spurwinkia salsa

Spurwinkia salsa is a species of very small aquatic snail, an operculate gastropod mollusk in the family Cochliopidae.[1]

Spurwinkia salsa
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Littorinimorpha
Superfamily:
Truncatelloidea
Family:
Cochliopidae
Genus:
Spurwinkia
Species:
S. salsa
Binomial name
Spurwinkia salsa
(Pilsbry, 1905)
Synonyms[1]
  • Hydrobia salsa (Pilsbry, 1905)
  • Paludestrina salsa Pilsbry, 1905 (original combination)

Distribution

Distribution of Spurwinkia salsa in the North West Atlantic is from 44.01°N to 38.25°N and from 75.9°W to 69.6°W.[2]

Distribution of Spurwinkia salsa in the USA: Gulf of Maine, Maine, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Connecticut, New Jersey and Maryland.[2]

Description

The maximum recorded shell length is 7.1 mm.[3]

Habitat

Brackish water.[2] Minimum recorded depth is 0 m.[3] Maximum recorded depth is 6 m.[3]

References

This article incorporates CC-BY-SA-3.0 text from the reference[2]

  1. Bouchet, P.; Rosenberg, G. (2014). Spurwinkia salsa (Pilsbry, 1905). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=160412 on 2014-11-16
  2. Bouchet, P.; Rosenberg, G. (2010). Spurwinkia salsa (Pilsbry, 1905). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=160412 on 2011-02-07
  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.
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