Schwartziella abacocubensis

Schwartziella abacocubensis
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Littorinimorpha
Family:	Zebinidae
Genus:	Schwartziella
Species:	S. abacocubensis
Binomial name
Schwartziella abacocubensis Espinosa & Ortea, 2002[1]

Schwartziella abacocubensis is a species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Zebinidae.[2]

Distribution

This species occurs in the Gulf of Mexico, the Caribbean Sea off Cuba and the Atlantic Ocean off the Bahamas.

Description

The maximum recorded shell length is 4 mm.[3]

Habitat

Minimum recorded depth is 0 m.[3] Maximum recorded depth is 18 m.[3]

References

1. Espinosa & Ortea. 2002. Avicennia 15: 141-146. World Register of Marine Species, Retrieved 08/09/10.
2. Schwartziella abacocubensis Espinosa & Ortea, 2002. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 3 December 2018.
3. 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.

• Espinosa J. & Ortea J. (2002) Descripción de cuatro nuevas especies de la familia Rissoinidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Avicennia 15: 141-146.

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• 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.
• Rolán E. & Fernández-Garcés R. (2010) The shouldered species of the Rissoininae (Mollusca: Rissooidea) in the Caribbean with the description of three new species. Novapex 11(4): 83-91 page(s): 85