''Cerithideopsis costata'' is a

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of small

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, a marine

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in the

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Potamididae.Bouchet, P. (2014). Cerithideopsis costata (da Costa, 1778). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=758590 on 2014-03-20

Distribution

This marine species occurs in the

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and the

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Description

The maximum recorded shell length is 21 mm.Welch J. J. (2010). "The "Island Rule" and Deep-Sea Gastropods: Re-Examining the Evidence". '' PLoS ONE'' 5(1): e8776. .

Habitat

The species has been found in water at recorded depths from 0 to 402 m.<

References

* Reid D.G. & Claremont M. (2014) ''The genus Cerithideopsis Thiele, 1929 (Gastropoda: Potamididae) in the Indo-West Pacific region''. Zootaxa 3779(1): 61–80

External links

Da Costa, Mendes E. (1778). Historia naturalis testaceorum Britanniæ, or, the British conchology; containing the descriptions and other particulars of natural history of the shells of Great Britain and Ireland: illustrated with figures. In English and French. – Historia naturalis testaceorum Britanniæ, ou, la conchologie Britannique; contenant les descriptions & autres particularités d'histoire naturelle des coquilles de la Grande Bretagne & de l'Irlande: avec figures en taille douce. En anglois & françois., i–xii, 1–254, i–vii, [1], Pl. I-XVII. London. (Millan, White, Emsley & Robson)

Michaud A. L. G. (1829). Description de plusieurs espèces nouvelles de coquilles vivantes. Bulletin d'Histoire Naturelle de la Société Linnéenne de Bordeaux 3: 260–276, 1 pl

Montagu, G. (1808). Supplement to Testacea Britannica with Additional Plates. Woolmer, Exeter. v + 183 pp., pl. 17–30
Potamididae Gastropods described in 1778 Taxa named by Emanuel Mendes da Costa {{Potamididae-stub