Hyalopatina rushii

Hyalopatina rushii is a species of very small sea snail, a limpet, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Phenacolepadidae.[1]

Hyalopatina rushii
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Neritimorpha
clade Cycloneritimorpha
Superfamily:
Neritoidea
Family:
Phenacolepadidae
Genus:
Hyalopatina
Species:
H. rushii
Binomial name
Hyalopatina rushii
(Dall, 1889)
Synonyms[1]
  • Plesiothyreus rushii (Dall, 1889)
  • Umbraculum rushii Dall, 1889 (original combination)

Description

Distribution

This species occurs in the Gulf of Mexico, the Caribbean Sea and off the Lesser Antilles.

References
  1. MolluscaBase (2019). MolluscaBase. Hyalopatina rushii (Dall, 1889). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=754642 on 2020-01-12
  • Rosenberg, G., F. Moretzsohn, and E. F. García. 2009. Gastropoda (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, pp. 579–699 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.


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