Family Rissoinidae | Superfamily Rissooidea Genus Schwartziella Rank Species | |
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Schwartziella catesbyana, common name Catesby's risso, is a species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Rissoinidae.
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Distribution
This species occurs in the Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico, in the Atlantic Ocean along the Mid-Atlantic Ridge and North Carolina to Eastern Brazil.
Description
The size of the shell varies between 2 mm and 7 mm.
Habitat
The minimum recorded depth for this species is 0 m; maximum recorded depth is 40 m.
References
Schwartziella catesbyana Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA