Cerithideopsilla conica
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| A shell of Cerithideopsilla conica | |
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| Species: | C. conica
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| Cerithideopsilla conica (Blainville, 1829)
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Cerithideopsilla conica is a species of small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Potamididae.[2]
Taxonomy
Reid et al. (2008)[3] moved Potamides conicus to the genus Cerithideopsilla based on the molecular phylogeny research.[3] Other subsequent study also confirmed this placement within Cerithideopsilla.[1]
Distribution
Distribution of Cerithideopsilla conica include Mediterranean and Indian Ocean.[3]
This species occurs in or around:
Description
The shell can attain a length of 14 mm.
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Ecology
The development of Cerithideopsilla conica non-planktotrophic.
Parasites of Cerithideopsilla conica include:
- Cerithideopsilla conica serves as the first intermediate host of Heterophyes heterophyes.[4]
References
- ^ a b Ozawa T., Yin W., Fu C., Claremont M., Smith L. & Reid D. G. (2015). "Allopatry and overlap in a clade of snails from mangroves and mud flats in the Indo-West Pacific and Mediterranean (Gastropoda: Potamididae: Cerithideopsilla)". Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 114(1): 212-228. doi:10.1111/bij.12401.
- ^ a b c d e WoRMS (2011). Potamides conicus (Blainville, 1829). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=140846 on 2011-04-10
- ^ a b c Reid, D. G.; Dyal, P.; Lozouet, P.; Glaubrecht, M.; Williams, S. T. (2008). "Mudwhelks and mangroves: The evolutionary history of an ecological association (Gastropoda: Potamididae)". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 47 (2): 680–699. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2008.01.003. PMID 18359643.
- ^ Chai J. Y., Darwin Murrell K. & Lymbery A. J. (2005). "Fish-borne parasitic zoonoses: Status and issues". International Journal for Parasitology 35(11-12): 1233-1254. doi:10.1016/j.ijpara.2005.07.013.
Further reading
- Dautzenberg, Ph. (1929). Mollusques testacés marins de Madagascar. Faune des Colonies Francaises, Tome III
- Vine, P. (1986). Red Sea Invertebrates. Immel Publishing, London. 224 pp
- Oliverio, Marco (2006). Gastropoda Prosobranchia Caenogastropoda, in: Revisione della Checklist della fauna marina italiana
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