Zebina browniana

Zebina browniana
	Five views of a shell of Zebina browniana
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Littorinimorpha
Family:	Zebinidae
Genus:	Zebina
Species:	Z. browniana
Binomial name
	Zebina browniana; (d’Orbigny, 1842)
Synonyms[1]
	Rissoa browniana d'Orbigny, 1842; Rissoina browniana (d'Orbigny, 1842);

Zebina browniana is a species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Zebinidae.[1]

Distribution

This species occurs in the Caribbean Sea, the Gulf of Mexico and the Lesser Antilles; in the Atlantic Ocean off North Carolina, West Africa and the Mid-Atlantic Ridge.

The maximum recorded shell length is 5.1 mm.[2]

Minimum recorded depth is 0 m.[2] Maximum recorded depth is 51 m.[2]

Zebina browniana (d’Orbigny, 1842). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 3 December 2018.
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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