Zebina browniana (original) (raw)

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Species of gastropod

Zebina browniana
Five views of a shell of Zebina browniana
Scientific classification Edit this 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 small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Zebinidae.[1]

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]

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