Clio pyramidata
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Clio pyramidata is a species of sea butterfly, a floating and swimming sea snail, a pelagic marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cliidae.[3]
Formae
- Forma Clio pyramidata f. lanceolata Lesueur, 1813[3]
- Forma Clio pyramidata f. pyramidata Linnaeus, 1767
- Forma Clio pyramidata f. tyrrhenica A.W. Janssen, 2012
Distribution
This species has a wide distribution: subtropical.,[4] European waters, the Mediterranean Sea, the Atlantic Ocean (Azores, Cape Verde), the Northwest Atlantic (Gulf of Maine), the Caribbean Sea, the Gulf of Mexico, and off New Zealand.
Description
The maximum recorded shell length is 21 mm.[5]
Habitat
Minimum recorded depth is 0 m.[5] Maximum recorded depth is 3718 m.[5]
References
- ^ Linnaeus C. (1766-1767). Systema Naturae. Editio duodecima. 1. Regnum Animale. 1 & 2 Holmiae, Laurentii Salvii pp. 1-532 [1766], pp. 533-1327 [1767].
- ^ "Clio pyramidata". CLEMAM, accessed 9 February 2011.
- ^ a b Gofas, S. (2011). Clio pyramidata Linnaeus, 1767. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=139033 on 2011-02-09
- ^ Tsurumi M., Mackas D. L., Whitney F. A., DiBacco C., Galbraith M. D. & Wong C. S. (2005). "Pteropods, eddies, carbon flux, and climate variability in the Alaska Gyre". Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography 52(7-8): 1037-1053. doi:10.1016/j.dsr2.2005.02.005, PDF.
- ^ 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.
- Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 180–213
- Pollock, L.W. (1998). A practical guide to the marine animals of northeastern North America. Rutgers University Press. New Brunswick, New Jersey & London. 367 pp
- Rolán E., 2005. Malacological Fauna From The Cape Verde Archipelago. Part 1, Polyplacophora and Gastropoda.
- Willan, R. (2009). Opisthobranchia (Mollusca). In: Gordon, D. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand Inventory of Biodiversity. Volume One: Kingdom Animalia. 584 pp
- 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.
- Janssen A.W. (2012) Late Quaternary to Recent holoplanktonic Mollusca (Gastropoda) from bottom samples of the eastern Mediterranean Sea: systematics, morphology. Bollettino Malacologico 48 (suppl. 9): 1-105
External links
Databases 
people - Clio pyramidata at Marine Species Identification Portal
