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Polinices uberinus
Polinices uberinus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Littorinimorpha
Family:	Naticidae
Genus:	Polinices
Species:	P. uberinus
Binomial name
Polinices uberinus (d’Orbigny, 1842)

Polinices uberinus, common name the "white moon snail" or "dwarf white moon snail", is a species of small predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Naticidae, the moon snails.

Distribution

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Description

The maximum recorded shell length is 20 mm.

Habitat

The minimum recorded depth for this species is 27 m; the maximum recorded depth is 183 m.

References

1. Polinices uberinus (d’Orbigny, 1842). WoRMS (2010). Polinices uberinus (d’Orbigny, 1842). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=419765 on 17 June 2010 .
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.

External links

• Image of three shells from off of St. Augustine, Florida here

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