''Ariadnaria borealis'',
common name
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the boreal hairysnail, is a
species of small
sea snail
Sea snail is a common name for slow-moving marine gastropod molluscs, usually with visible external shells, such as whelk or abalone. They share the taxonomic class Gastropoda with slugs, which are distinguished from snails primarily by the ...
, a marine
gastropod
The gastropods (), commonly known as snails and slugs, belong to a large taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda ().
This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, from freshwater, and from land. T ...
mollusk in the
family Capulidae
The Capulidae, the cap snails or cap shells, are a taxonomic family of limpet-like sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the clade Littorinimorpha.Gofas, S. (2012). Capulidae. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.ma ...
, the cap snails.
Distribution
This species occurs in the
North Sea, the Canadian part of the
Arctic Ocean, in the Northwest
Atlantic Ocean.
Description
The maximum recorded
shell length is 22 mm.
[Welch J. J. (2010). "The "Island Rule" and Deep-Sea Gastropods: Re-Examining the Evidence". '' PLoS ONE'' 5(1): e8776. .]
Habitat
Minimum recorded depth is 2 m.
Maximum recorded depth is 574 m.
References
* Gosner, K.L. 1971. ''Guide to identification of marine and estuarine invertebrates: Cape Hatteras to the Bay of Fundy''. John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 693 p.
* Abbott, R.T. (1974). ''American Seashells''. 2nd ed. Van Nostrand Reinhold: New York, NY (USA). 663 pp.
* Linkletter, L.E. 1977. ''A checklist of marine fauna and flora of the Bay of Fundy.'' Huntsman Marine Laboratory, St. Andrews, N.B. 68 p.
* Backeljau, T. (1986). ''Lijst van de recente mariene mollusken van België''
ist of the recent marine molluscs of Belgium
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Koninklijk Belgisch Instituut voor Natuurwetenschappen: Brussels, Belgium. 106 pp.
* Howson, C.M.; Picton, B.E. (Ed.) (1997). ''The species directory of the marine fauna and flora of the British Isles and surrounding seas''. Ulster Museum Publication, 276. The Ulster Museum: Belfast, UK. . vi, 508 (+ cd-rom)
* Turgeon, D.D., et al. 1998. ''Common and scientific names of aquatic invertebrates of the United States and Canada''. American Fisheries Society Special Publication 26
* Hayward, P.J.; Ryland, J.S. (Ed.) (1990). ''The marine fauna of the British Isles and North-West Europe: 1. Introduction and protozoans to arthropods''. Clarendon Press: Oxford, UK. . 627 pp
* Brunel, P., Bosse, L. & Lamarche, G. (1998). ''Catalogue of the marine invertebrates of the estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence''. Canadian Special Publication of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 126. 405 p.
* Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). ''European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification.'' Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 180–213 (look up in IMIS)
etails iew taxon* Trott, T.J. 2004. ''Cobscook Bay inventory: a historical checklist of marine invertebrates spanning 162 years''. Northeastern Naturalist (Special Issue 2): 261–324
* Gulbin V.V. & Chaban E.M. (2012) ''Annotated list of shell-bearing gastropods of Commander Islands. Part I. The Bulletin of the Russian Far East'' Malacological Society 15–16: 5–30
External links
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Capulidae
Gastropods described in 1829
Taxa named by George Brettingham Sowerby I
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