| Cocculina messingi | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Neomphaliones |
| Order: | Cocculinida |
| Superfamily: | Cocculinoidea |
| Family: | Cocculinidae |
| Genus: | Cocculina |
| Species: | C. messingi
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| Binomial name | |
| Cocculina messingi | |
Cocculina messingi is a species of sea snail, deep-sea limpet, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cocculinidae.[2]
Distribution
[edit]Description
[edit]The maximum recorded shell length is 10.9 mm.[4]
Habitat
[edit]Minimum recorded depth is 282 m.[4] Maximum recorded depth is 412 m.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ McLean J. H. & Harasewych M. G. (1995). "Review of western Atlantic species of cocculinid and pseudococculinid limpets, with descriptions of new species (Gastropoda: Cocculiniformia)". Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County Contributions to Science 453:1–33. hdl:10088/4619
- ^ Cocculina messingi McLean & Harasewych, 1995. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 30 March 2010.
- ^ Ardila N. E. & Harasewych M. G. (June 2005). "Cocculinid and pseudococculinid limpets (Gastropoda: Cocculiniformia) from off the Caribbean coast of Colombia". Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 118(2): 344–366. doi:10.2988/0006-324X(2005)118[344:CAPLGC2.0.CO;2].
- ^ a b c Welch J. J. (2010). "The "Island Rule" and Deep-Sea Gastropods: Re-Examining the Evidence". PLoS ONE 5(1): e8776. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0008776.
