Ailinzebina elegantissima

Ailinzebina elegantissima
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Littorinimorpha
Family:	Rissoinidae
Genus:	Ailinzebina
Species:	A. elegantissima
Binomial name
	Ailinzebina elegantissima; (d’Orbigny, 1842)
Synonyms
	Truncatella caribaensis auct. non Reeve, 1842; Rissoa elegantissima d'Orbigny, 1842 (original combination); Rissoina elegantissima (d'Orbigny, 1842); Rissoina (Ailinzebina) elegantissima (d’Orbigny, 1842);

Ailinzebina elegantissima is a species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Rissoinidae.^[2] The species name is Latin for the "most elegant".

Description

The maximum recorded shell length is 3.75 mm.^[3]

This species occurs in the Caribbean Sea, the Gulf of Mexico and the Lesser Antilles.

Minimum recorded depth is 0 m.^[3] Maximum recorded depth is 128 m.^[3]

^ Malacolog : Rissoina elegantissima
^ Bouchet, P. (2014). Ailinzebina elegantissima (d'Orbigny, 1842). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2014-05-01
^ ^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.

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.
Sleurs W.J.M. (1993). A revision of the Recent species of Rissoina (Moerchiella), R. (Apataxia), R. (Ailinzebina) and R. (Pachyrissoina) (Gastropoda: Rissoidae). Bulletin de l'Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique, 63: 71-13

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