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Payraudeautia nubila

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Payraudeautia nubila
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Littorinimorpha
Superfamily: Naticoidea
Family: Naticidae
Subfamily: Sininae
Genus: Payraudeautia
Species: P. nubila
Binomial name
Payraudeautia nubaus
(Dall, 1889)
Synonyms
  • Natica nubila Dall, 1889 (basionym)
  • Polinices nubilus (Dall, 1889)

Payraudeautia nubila is a species of predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Naticidae, the moon snails.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Caribbean Sea, the Gulf of Mexico and off Puerto Rico.

Description

The maximum recorded shell length is 13 mm.

Habitat

Minimum recorded depth is 40 m. Maximum recorded depth is 347 m.

References

  1. Bouchet, P. (2011). Payraudeautia nubila. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=585158 on 2012-07-12
  2. ^ 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.
  • Torigoe K. & Inaba A. (2011) Revision on the classification of Recent Naticidae. Bulletin of the Nishinomiya Shell Museum 7: 133 + 15 pp., 4 pls.
Taxon identifiers
Payraudeautia nubila


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