Piliscus commodus

Piliscus commodus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Caenogastropoda; clade Hypsogastropoda; clade Littorinimorpha
Superfamily:	Velutinoidea
Family:	Velutinidae
Genus:	Piliscus
Species:	P. commodus
Binomial name
	Piliscus commodus; (Middendorff, 1851)
Synonyms
	Capulacmaea radiata (M. Sars, 1851); Capulus depressus A. Adams, 1861; Capulus radiatus M. Sars, 1851 (junior synonym); Iothia radiata (M. Sars, 1851); Pilidium commodum Middendorff, 1851 (original combination); Pilidium radiatum (M. Sars, 1851); Piliscus probus Lovén, 1859; Piliscus radiatus (Sars M., 1851);

Piliscus commodus is a species of small sea snail with a transparent internal shell, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Velutinidae. Because the shell is mostly internal, the snail resembles a sea slug in general appearance.^[1]

Distribution

The maximum recorded (shell?) length is 28 mm.^[2]

The minimum recorded depth for this species is 40 m; maximum recorded depth is 325 m.^[2]

^ ^a ^b Piliscus commodus (Middendorff, 1851). Gofas, S. (2009). Piliscus commodus (Middendorff, 1851). In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through the World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=141899 on 14 August 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.

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