Meioceras nitidum
| Meioceras nitidum | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Littorinimorpha |
| Family: | Caecidae |
| Genus: | Meioceras |
| Species: | M. nitidum
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| Binomial name | |
| Meioceras nitidum (Stimpson, 1851)
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Meioceras nitidum is a species of small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Caecidae.[1]
Distribution
[edit]Western Atlantic: North America.[2]
Description
[edit]The maximum recorded shell length is 3.1 mm.[3]
Habitat
[edit]Minimum recorded depth is 0 m.[3] Maximum recorded depth is 24 m.[3]
References
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Meioceras nitidum.
- ^ Meioceras nitidum (Stimpson, 1851). WoRMS (2010). Meioceras nitidum (Stimpson, 1851). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.eu/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=419602 on 9 August 2010 .
- ^ "Meioceras nitidum, Little horn caecum". www.sealifebase.se. Retrieved 2023-07-27.
- ^ 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.