Antillophos bahamensis

Antillophos bahamensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Buccinoidea
Family: Buccinidae
Genus: Antillophos
Species: A. bahamensis
Binomial name
Antillophos bahamensis
Petuch, 2002[1]
Synonyms

Antillophos bahamasensis [orth. error twice in original publication]

Antillophos bahamensis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Buccinidae, the true whelks.[2]

Description

The maximum recorded shell length is 20 mm.[3]

Habitat

Minimum recorded depth is 400 m.[3] Maximum recorded depth is 400 m.[3]

References

  1. Petuch E. J. (2002). "New deep water gastropods from the Bimini Shelf, Bimini Chain, Bahamas". Ruthenica 12(1): 59-72. abstract.
  2. Antillophos bahamensis Petuch, 2002.  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 17 April 2010.
  3. 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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