Clio pyramidata
Clio pyramidata (specimen at the Smithsonian Institution)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura
clade Euopisthobranchia
clade Thecosomata
Superfamily:
Cavolinioidea
Family:
Cliidae
Genus:
Clio
Species:
C. pyramidata
Binomial name
Clio pyramidata
Synonyms[2]
  • Clio caudata Linnaeus, 1767
  • Hyalaea lanceolata Lesueur, 1813
  • Cleodora brownii de Blainville, 1825
  • Cleodora exacuta Gould, 1852
  • Clio occidentalis Dall, 1871
  • Clio pyramidata var. convexa Boas, 1886

Clio pyramidata is a species of sea butterfly, a floating and swimming sea snail, a pelagic marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cliidae.[3]

Formae

Distribution

This species has a wide distribution: subtropical.,[5] European waters, the Mediterranean Sea, the Atlantic Ocean (Azores, Cape Verde), the Northwest Atlantic (Gulf of Maine), the Caribbean Sea, the Gulf of Mexico, and off New Zealand.

Description

The maximum recorded shell length is 21 mm.[6]

Habitat

Minimum recorded depth is 0 m.[6] Maximum recorded depth is 3718 m.[6]

References

  1. ^ Linnaeus C. (1766-1767). Systema Naturae. Editio duodecima. 1. Regnum Animale. 1 & 2 Holmiae, Laurentii Salvii pp. 1-532 [1766], pp. 533-1327 [1767].
  2. ^ "Clio pyramidata". CLEMAM, accessed 9 February 2011.
  3. ^ Clio pyramidata Linnaeus, 1767. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 6 January 2019.
  4. ^ Gofas, S. (2011). Clio pyramidata Linnaeus, 1767. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=139033 on 2011-02-09
  5. ^ Tsurumi M., Mackas D. L., Whitney F. A., DiBacco C., Galbraith M. D. & Wong C. S. (2005). "Pteropods, eddies, carbon flux, and climate variability in the Alaska Gyre". Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography 52(7-8): 1037-1053. doi:10.1016/j.dsr2.2005.02.005, PDF Archived 2011-07-06 at the Wayback Machine.
  6. ^ 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.

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