Zebinella decussata

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

Zebinella decussata
Two views of a shell of Zebinella decussata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Rissoinidae
Genus: Zebinella
Species:
Z. decussata
Binomial name
Zebinella decussata
(Montagu, 1803)
Synonyms[1]
  • Helix decussata Montagu, 1803 (original description)
  • Rissoa decussata Montagu, 1803
  • Rissoa albida C. B. Adams, 1845
  • Rissoina decussata (Montagu, 1803)
  • Rissoina planata Dall, 1892

Distribution

This species occurs in the Caribbean Sea, the Gulf of Mexico and the Lesser Antilles.

Description

The maximum recorded shell length is 9.7 mm.[3]

Habitat

Minimum recorded depth is 0 m.[3] Maximum recorded depth is 106 m.[3]

References
  1. Malacolog : Rissoina
  2. Zebinella decussata (Montagu, 1803). 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.
  • 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.
  • Faber M.J. & Moolenbeek R.G. (2013) Two new species of Rissoinidae from Guadeloupe (Gastropoda: Rissooidea). Miscellanea Malacologica 6(1): 9-14.


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