Onoba mighelsii

Onoba mighelsii is a species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Rissoidae.[1]

Onoba mighelsii
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Rissoidae
Genus: Onoba
Species:
O. mighelsii
Binomial name
Onoba mighelsii
(Stimpson, 1851)
Synonyms[1]
  • Alvania dinora Bartsch, 1917
  • Cingula alaskana Bartsch, 1912
  • Cingula arenaria auct. non Maton & Rackett, 1807

Distribution

Description

The maximum recorded shell length is 3.3 mm.[2]

Habitat

Minimum recorded depth is 4 m.[2] Maximum recorded depth is 574 m.[2]

References
  1. Onoba mighelsii (Stimpson, 1851). Gofas, S. (2009). Onoba mighelsii (Stimpson, 1851). In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through the World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=141317 on 9 August 2010 .
  2. 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.
  • Abbott R. T. (1974). American Seashells. The marine mollusca of the Atlantic and Pacific coast of North America. II edit. Van Nostrand, New York 663 p. + 24 pl: page(s): 74
  • Brunel, P., L. Bosse, & G. Lamarche. (1998). Catalogue of the marine invertebrates of the estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence. Canadian Special Publication of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 126. 405 p.
  • Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 180–213
  • Trott, T.J. 2004. Cobscook Bay inventory: a historical checklist of marine invertebrates spanning 162 years. Northeastern Naturalist (Special Issue 2): 261 - 324.


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