Stosicia aberrans

Stosicia aberrans
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Zebinidae
Genus: Stosicia
Species:
S. aberrans
Binomial name
Stosicia aberrans
(C. B. Adams, 1850)
Synonyms
  • Rissoa aberrans C. B. Adams, 1850 (original combination)
  • Stossichia serrei Bavay, 1922

Stosicia aberrans is a species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Zebinidae.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Caribbean Sea (Belize, Colombia, Costa Rica, Mexico, Panama) the Gulf of Mexico (Cuba, Jamaica) and the Lesser Antilles, Puerto Rico and off north-eastern Brazil.

Description

The maximum recorded shell length is 6 mm.

Habitat

Minimum recorded depth is 0 m. Maximum recorded depth is 93 m.

References

  1. 1 2 Stosicia aberrans (C. B. Adams, 1850). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 3 December 2018.
  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.

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