''Leptogyra bujnitzkii'' 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
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
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
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Melanodrymiidae
Melanodrymiidae is a family of gastropods belonging to the superfamily Neomphaloidea.Bouchet, P. (2011). Melanodrymiidae. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=411613 on 2012- ...
.
[MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Leptogyra bujnitzkii (Gorbunov, 1946). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1429892 on 2021-05-12]
Description
Distribution
This species is only known from the slope of
Lomonosov Ridge
The Lomonosov Ridge (russian: Хребет Ломоносова, da, Lomonosovryggen) is an unusual underwater ridge of continental crust in the Arctic Ocean. It spans between the New Siberian Islands over the central part of the ocean to Elle ...
, 81°50’N, 136°14’E, 3,700–3,800 m, Arctic Ocean.
References
* 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
* Kantor Yu.I. & Sysoev A.V. (2006) ''Marine and brackish water Gastropoda of Russia and adjacent countries: an illustrated catalogue''. Moscow: KMK Scientific Press. 372 pp. + 140 pls. page(s): 40
* Gorbunov G. P. (1946). Novi i interesni vidi mollusca i brachiopoda iz severnogo ledovitogo okeana.
ew and interesting species of Mollusca and Brachiopoda from the Arctic Ocean Trudy Drejfuyushchey Ekspeditsii Glavsevomorputi na ledokol'nom. parakhode. G. Sedov 1937-1940
roceedings of the drifting expedition on the icebreaker steamer "G. Sedov" in 1937-19493: 308-322 pl. 1-4
External links
Krol, E. N.; Nekhaev, I. O. (2020). Redescription of Leptogyra bujnitzkii (Gorbunov, 1946) comb. nov., the first representative of the gastropod subclass Neomphaliones from the high Arctic. Zootaxa. 4759(3): 446-450
Gastropods described in 1946
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