Zebinella princeps

Zebinella princeps
Shell of Zebinella princeps
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Littorinimorpha
Family:	Rissoinidae
Genus:	Zebinella
Species:	Z. princeps
Binomial name
Zebinella princeps (C. B. Adams, 1850)
Synonyms[1]
Rissoa princeps C. B. Adams, 1850 (original description) Rissoina princeps (C. B. Adams, 1850)

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

Distribution

This species occurs in the Gulf of Mexico, the Caribbean Sea and the Lesser Antilles; in the Atlantic Ocean off Northern Brazil.

Description

The maximum recorded shell length is 15 mm.[3]

(Original description) The white, ovate conic shell is turrited. It is composed of very numerous crowded slender ribs, which become obsolete on the body whorl, and strong crowded spiral striae, which become larger on the body whorl. The apex is acute. The spire shows rectilinear outlines. It contains ten whorls, nearly planulate, slightly contracted next below the suture, which is moderately impressed. The aperture is very effuse. The outer lip is very much advanced a little below the middle, well excurved, moderately thickened.[4]

Habitat

Minimum recorded depth is 0 m.[3] Maximum recorded depth is 86 m.[3]

References

1. Malacolog : Rissoina princeps
2. Zebinella princeps (C. B. Adams, 1850). 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.
4. Adams, C. B., 1850. Descriptions of supposed new species of marine shells, which inhabit Jamaica. Contributions to Conchology 7: 109-123 page(s): 116

• 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.