Copulabyssia similaris is a species of small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pseudococculinidae, the false limpets.[2][3]
| Copulabyssia similaris | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
| Order: | Lepetellida |
| Family: | Pseudococculinidae |
| Genus: | Copulabyssia |
| Species: | C. similaris
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| Binomial name | |
| Copulabyssia similaris Hasegawa, 1997[1]
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Description
editThe shell grows to a size of 3 mm.
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Distribution
editThis species occurs in the Pacific Ocean off Japan.
References
edit- ^ Hasegawa K. (1997) Sunken wood-associated gastropods collected from Suruga Bay, Pacific side of the central Honshu, Japan, with description of 12 new species. In: Deep-Sea Fauna and Pollutants in Suruga Bay. National ScienceMuseum Monographs 12: 59–123.. World Register of Marine Species, Retrieved 2013-02-02.
- ^ Bouchet, P. (2012). Copulabyssia similaris Hasegawa, 1997. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=580620 on 2013-02-02
- ^ Hasegawa K. (2009) Upper bathyal gastropods of the Pacific coast of northern Honshu, Japan, chiefly collected by R/V Wakataka-maru. In: T. Fujita (ed.), Deep-sea fauna and pollutants off Pacific coast of northern Japan. National Museum of Nature and Science Monographs 39: 225-383.
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