Kingdom Animalia Class Gastropoda Superfamily Trochoidea Scientific name Lopheliella rockallensis | Phylum Mollusca Clade Vetigastropoda Family Skeneidae Rank Species | |
Similar Herbertus borealis, St Kilda house mouse, Salvelinus killinensis, Salvelinus inframundus, Sorbus pseudofennica | ||
Lopheliella rockallensis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Skeneidae.
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Description
The species is described as having a cyrtoconoid outline, with a height of 2.7 mm, width 2.3 mm and an elevated convex spire with slightly inflated, regularly growing whorls, averaging 4.5 in number.
Distribution
Specimens were recovered from water at depths between 500 and 1500 metres in a small rectangle on the southeastern flank of the Rockall Bank in the North Atlantic Ocean.
References
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