Copulabyssia riosi is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pseudococculinidae.[2]
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| (unranked): | clade Vetigastropoda
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| Species: | C. riosi
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| Copulabyssia riosi Leal & Simone, 2000[1]
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Distribution
editThis species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off Brazil.
Description
editHabitat
editMinimum recorded depth is 960 m.[3] Maximum recorded depth is 1320 m.[3]
References
edit- ^ Leal, J. H. and L. R. L. Simone. 2000. Copulabyssia riosi, a new deep-sea limpet (Gastropoda: Pseudococculinidae) from the continental slope off Brazil with comments on the systematics of the genus. Nautilus 114: 59–68.
- ^ Copulabyssia riosi Leal & Simone, 2000. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 9 April 2010.
- ^ 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.