''Bostrycapulus aculeatus'' 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 Calyptraeidae
The Calyptraeidae are a family of small to medium-sized marine prosobranch gastropods. MolluscaBase. Calyptraeidae Lamarck, 1809. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=141 o ...
, the slipper snails or slipper limpets, cup-and-saucer snails, and hat snails.
Distribution
This species occurs in Florida and the Bahamas.
Description
The maximum recorded
shell 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 m; maximum recorded depth is 80 m.
References
External links
* http://www.stri.si.edu/sites/collinlab/tree_species/bostrycapulus.html
* http://stri.si.edu/collinlab/tree_species/details.php?id=41
Calyptraeidae
Gastropods described in 1791
Taxa named by Johann Friedrich Gmelin
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