''Turritriton labiosus'', also known as ''Cymatium labiosum'',"''Cymatium labiosum''"
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Description

The maximum recorded

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length is 30 mm.Welch J. J. (2010). "The "Island Rule" and Deep-Sea Gastropods: Re-Examining the Evidence". '' PLOS One'' 5(1): e8776. .

Habitat

The minimum recorded depth for this species is 0.2 m; the maximum recorded depth is 91 m.

References

* Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), ''European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification.'' Patrimoines Naturels. 50: 180-213

External links

Wood, W. (1828). Supplement to the Index Testaceologicus; or A catalogue of Shells, British and Foreign. Richard Taylor, London. Iv (+1) + 59 pp., plates 1-8

Nevill, G.; Nevill, H. (1874). Descriptions of new marine Mollusca from the Indian Ocean. Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal. 43(2): 21-30, 1 pl.

Adams, A. & Angas, G. F. (1864). Descriptions of new species of shells, chiefly from Australia, in the collection of Mr. Angas. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 1864: 35-40.

Menke, K. T. (1843). Molluscorum Novae Hollandiae specimen. Hannover: Libraria Aulica Hahniana. 46 pp

Lischke, C. E. (1870). Diagnosen neuer Meeres-Conchylien von Japan. Malakozoologische Blätter. 17: 23-29.

Petit de la Saussaye S. (1852). Description de coquilles nouvelles. Journal de Conchyliologie. 3: 51-59.
* Powell A. W. B., ''New Zealand Mollusca'', William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979
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* Gofas, S. (2010). ''Cymatium labiosum'' (Wood W., 1828). In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2010) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=141106 on 2011-02-17 Cymatiidae Gastropods described in 1828 Taxa named by William Wood (zoologist) {{Cymatiidae-stub