Texadina barretti

Texadina barretti is a species of very small aquatic snail, an operculate gastropod mollusk in the family Cochliopidae.[1]

Texadina barretti
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Littorinimorpha
Superfamily:
Truncatelloidea
Family:
Cochliopidae
Genus:
Texadina
Species:
T. barretti
Binomial name
Texadina barretti
(Morrison, 1965)

Distribution

This marine species occurs in the Gulf of Mexico..

Description

The maximum recorded shell length is 3.7 mm.[2]

Habitat

Minimum recorded depth is 0 m.[2] Maximum recorded depth is 2.4 m.[2]

References
  1. Texadina barretti (Morrison, 1965). WoRMS (2010). Texadina barretti (Morrison, 1965). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.eu/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=419612 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.
  • 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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