''Lopheliella hermesae'' is a
species 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 in the
family Skeneidae
The Skeneidae are a speciose family of minute to small marine gastropod molluscs in the superfamily Trochoidea.Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S. (2013). Skeneidae. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php ...
.
Description
The height of the shell attains 2.6 mm, its diameter 2.6 mm.
Distribution
This marine species occurs off the Rockall & Hatton Banks, Northwest Atlantic Ocean, at a depth of 767 m.
References
* Hoffman L., Van Heugten B., and Lavaleye M. S. S. (2008
"A new genus with four new species in the family Skeneidae (Gastropoda) from the Rockall Bank, northeastern Atlantic Ocean".''Miscellanea Malacologica'' 3: pp. 39–48
External links
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hermesae
Gastropods described in 2008
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