Cardiapoda placenta

Cardiapoda placenta
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Littorinimorpha
Family:	Carinariidae
Genus:	Cardiapoda
Species:	C. placenta
Binomial name
	Cardiapoda placenta; (Lesson, 1830)
Synonyms
	Pterotrachea placenta Lesson, 1831 ; Carinaroides placenta (Lesson, 1831) ; Carinaroida placenta (Lesson, 1831) ; Cardiapoda pedunculata d'Orbigny, 1834 ; Cardiapoda acuta Tesch, 1906 ; Cardiapoda sublaevis Tesch, 1906 ; Cardiapoda trachydermon Tesch, 1906 ;

Cardiapoda placenta, common name the flat cardiapod, is a species of sea snail, a rare pelagic gastropod mollusc in the family Carinariidae.

This species is found worldwide in warm seas between latitudes 40° North and 40° South at depths of up to 650 m.^{[citation needed]}

Description

The maximum recorded shell length is 35 mm.^[2]

Minimum recorded depth is 0 m.^[2] Maximum recorded depth is 203 m.^[2]

^ "Cardiapoda placenta (Lesson, 1831)". Malacolog Version 4.1.0 : A Database of Western Atlantic Marine Mollusca. The Academy of Natural Sciences. Retrieved 9 December 2023.
^ ^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.