Litiopa melanostoma

Litiopa melanostoma
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Caenogastropoda; clade Sorbeoconcha
Superfamily:	Cerithioidea
Family:	Litiopidae
Genus:	Litiopa
Species:	L. melanostoma
Binomial name
	Litiopa melanostoma; (Rang, 1829)
Synonyms
	Abaconia naufraga (Clench, 1938); Bombyxinus uva Bélanger in Lesson, 1831; Buccinum litiopa Quoy & Gaimard, 1833; Litiopa bombix Kiener, 1833; Litiopa decussata Gould, 1852; Litiopa divisa Carpenter, 1855; Litiopa grateloupeana Drouet, 1858; Litiopa maculata Rang, 1829; Litiopa nitidula Pfeiffer, 1840; Litiopa striata Pfeiffer, 1840;

Litiopa melanostoma, common name the brown Sargassum shell, is a species of very small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Litiopidae.^[1]

Distribution

This species occurs in the Gulf of Mexico, the Caribbean Sea, the Lesser Antilles, Puerto Rico and off the Azores; in the North Atlantic Ocean, off Newfoundland.

Description

Litiopa melanostoma (Sargassum Snail) has been found to have a maximum recorded shell length of 6 mm.^[2]

Habitat

The minimum recorded depth for this species is 0 m; the maximum recorded depth is 805 m.^[2] The snail is known to live on floating beds of Sargassum.

References

^ Litiopa melanostoma (Rang, 1829). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 17 May 2010.
^ ^a ^b 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.

Rang S. (1829). Notice sur le Litiope, Litiopa, genre nouveau de Mollusque astéropode. Annales des Sciences Naturelles 16: 303-307 page(s): 307

External links

Gastropods.com: Litiopa melanostoma

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[WoRMS-1] Litiopa melanostoma (Rang, 1829). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 17 May 2010.

[Welch_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.

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