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Cardiapoda placenta

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Cardiapoda placenta
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropod
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Littorinimorpha
Superfamily:
Pterotracheoidea
Family:
Carinariidae
Genus:
Cardiapoda
Species:
C. placenta
Binomial name
Cardiapoda placenta
(Lesson, 1830)
Type species
Pterotrachea placenta
Lesson, 1831
Synonyms
  • Pterotrachea placenta Lesson, 1831
  • Carinaroides placenta (Lesson, 1831)
  • Carinaroida placenta (Lesson, 1831)
  • Cardiapoda pedunculata d'Orbigny, 1834
  • Cardiapoda acuta Tesch, 1906
  • Cardiapoda sublaevis Tesch, 1906
  • Cardiapoda trachydermon Tesch, 1906

Cardiapoda placenta, common name the flat cardiapod, is a species of sea snail, a rare pelagic gastropod mollusc in the family Carinariidae.

This species is found worldwide in warm seas between latitudes 40° North and 40° South at depths of up to 650 m.[citation needed]

Description

The maximum recorded shell length is 35 mm.[1]

Habitat

Minimum recorded depth is 0 m.[1] Maximum recorded depth is 203 m.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c 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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