Laevilitorina wandelensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Littorinimorpha
Superfamily:
Littorinoidea
Family:
Littorinidae
Genus:
Laevilitorina
Species:
L. wandelensis
Binomial name
Laevilitorina wandelensis
(Lamy, 1905)
Synonyms[1]

Lacuna notorcadensis Melvill & Standen, 1907

Laevilitorina wandelensis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Littorinidae, the winkles or periwinkles.[1]

Distribution

Description

The maximum recorded shell length is 3 mm.[2]

Habitat

Minimum recorded depth is 18 m.[2] Maximum recorded depth is 391 m.[2]

References

  1. 1 2 Laevilitorina wandelensis (Lamy, 1905). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species.
  2. 1 2 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.
  • Warén A. & Hain S. (1996) Description of Zerotulidae fam. nov. (Littorinoidea), with comments on an Antarctic littorinid gastropod. The Veliger 39(4):277-334.


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