Zebinella decussata

Zebinella decussata
Two views of a shell of Zebinella decussata
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Littorinimorpha
Family:	Rissoinidae
Genus:	Zebinella
Species:	Z. decussata
Binomial name
Zebinella decussata (Montagu, 1803)
Synonyms[1]
Helix decussata Montagu, 1803 (original description) Rissoa decussata Montagu, 1803 Rissoa albida C. B. Adams, 1845 Rissoina decussata (Montagu, 1803) Zebinella decussata var. percosticillatina Sacco, 1895 Zebinella decussata var. raricostulata Sacco, 1895 Zebinella decussata var. turritopaucicosta Sacco, 1895 ·

Zebinella decussata is a species of small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Rissoinidae.[2]

Distribution

This species occurs in the Caribbean Sea, the Gulf of Mexico and the Lesser Antilles.

Description

The maximum recorded shell length is 9.7 mm.[3]

Habitat

Minimum recorded depth is 0 m.[3] Maximum recorded depth is 106 m.[3]

References

1. Malacolog : Rissoina
2. Zebinella decussata (Montagu, 1803). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 4 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.

• Faber M.J. & Moolenbeek R.G. (2013) Two new species of Rissoinidae from Guadeloupe (Gastropoda: Rissooidea). Miscellanea Malacologica 6(1): 9-14
• Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. China Science Press. 1267 pp.

External links

• Montagu, G. (1803). Testacea Britannica or natural history of British shells, marine, land, and fresh-water, including the most minute: Systematically arranged and embellished with figures. J. White, London, Vol. 1, xxxvii + 291 pp;; Vol. 2, pp. 293–606, pl. 1-16
• Sacco, F. (1895). I Molluschi dei terreni terziarii del Piemonte e della Liguria. Parte XVIII. (Melaniidae, Littorinidae, Fossaridae, Rissoidae, Hydrobiidae, Paludinidae e Valvatidae). Torino: Carlo Clausen. 51 pp., 1 pl.