Cylindrobulla Beauii
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''Cylindrobulla beauii'' is a
species In biology, a species is the basic unit of classification and a taxonomic rank of an organism, as well as a unit of biodiversity. A species is often defined as the largest group of organisms in which any two individuals of the appropriate s ...
of sea snail, a marine gastropod
mollusk Mollusca is the second-largest phylum of invertebrate animals after the Arthropoda, the members of which are known as molluscs or mollusks (). Around 85,000  extant species of molluscs are recognized. The number of fossil species is e ...
in the family
Cylindrobullidae ''Cylindrobulla'' is a genus of sea snails or bubble snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the clade Sacoglossa. ''Cylindrobulla'' is the type genus of the family Cylindrobullidae and it is the only genus in the family. Taxonomy The subord ...
. ''Cylindrobulla beauii'' is the type species of the genus ''Cylindrobulla''.


Description

The maximum recorded
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length is 13.6 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 0 m. Maximum recorded depth is 40 m.


References


External links

Cylindrobullidae Gastropods described in 1857 {{Heterobranchia-stub