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Polinices immaculatus

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Species of gastropod

Polinices immaculatus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Naticidae
Genus: Polinices
Species: P. immaculatus
Binomial name
Polinices immaculatus
(Totten, 1835)
Synonyms
  • Euspira immaculata (Totten, 1835)
  • Natica immaculata Totten, 1835 (basionym)

Polinices immaculatus, common name the immaculate moonsnail, is a species of predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Naticidae, the moon snails.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Northwest Atlantic Ocean.

Description

The maximum recorded shell length is 10 mm.

Habitat

Minimum recorded depth is 9 m. Maximum recorded depth is 201 m.

References

  1. ^ Bouchet, P. (2012). Polinices immaculatus (Totten, 1835). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=585066 on 2012-08-16
  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.
  • Brunel, P., L. Bosse, & G. Lamarche. (1998). Catalogue of the marine invertebrates of the estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence. Canadian Special Publication of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 126. 405 p.
  • Trott, T.J. 2004. Cobscook Bay inventory: a historical checklist of marine invertebrates spanning 162 years. Northeastern Naturalist (Special Issue 2): 261 - 324.
  • 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
Polinices immaculatus


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