Fastigiella carinata

Fastigiella carinata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Caenogastropoda; clade Sorbeoconcha
Superfamily:	Cerithioidea
Family:	Cerithiidae
Genus:	Fastigiella
Species:	F. carinata
Binomial name
	Fastigiella carinata; Reeve, 1848
Synonyms
	Fastigiella poulsenii Mörch, 1877

Fastigiella carinata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cerithiidae.^[1]

Distribution[edit]

Description[edit]

The maximum recorded shell length is 53 mm.^[2]

The shell is elongately turreted and is umbilicated. The whorls are rounded. The aperture is small. The siphonal canal is very short. The columella is somewhat twisted.^[3]

Habitat[edit]

Minimum recorded depth is 0 m.^[2] Maximum recorded depth is 1 m.^[2]

References[edit]

^ ^a ^b Fastigiella carinata Reeve, 1848. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 17 May 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.
^ Adams, H. & Adams, A. (1853-1858). The genera of Recent Mollusca; arranged according to their organization. London, van Voorst. Vol. 1: xl + 484 pp.; vol. 2: 661 pp.; vol. 3: 138 pls

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[WoRMS-1] Fastigiella carinata Reeve, 1848. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 17 May 2010.

[Welch_2010-2] 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.

[3] Adams, H. & Adams, A. (1853-1858). The genera of Recent Mollusca; arranged according to their organization. London, van Voorst. Vol. 1: xl + 484 pp.; vol. 2: 661 pp.; vol. 3: 138 pls

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