Verticosta migrans
| Verticosta migrans | |
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| Original image of a shell of Verticosta migrans | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Littorinimorpha |
| Family: | Capulidae |
| Genus: | Verticosta |
| Species: | V. migrans
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| Binomial name | |
| Verticosta migrans (Dall, 1881)
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| Synonyms | |
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Trichotropis migrans Dall, 1881 | |
Verticosta migrans is a species of small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Capulidae, the cap snails.[1]
Distribution
Description
The maximum recorded shell length is 10 mm.[2]
Habitat
Minimum recorded depth is 65 m.[2] Maximum recorded depth is 366 m.[2]
References
- ^ MolluscaBase (2020). MolluscaBase. Verticosta migrans (Dall, 1881). Accessed at: http://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1397677 on 2020-01-07
- ^ 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.
- Huang S.-I [Shih-I] & Lin M.-H. [Ming-Hui]. (2020). Verticosta n. gen. from Taiwan, Philippine, Gulf of Oman and North Atlantic Ocean (Gastropoda, Capulidae). Bulletin of Malacology, Taiwan. 43: 13–24.