Sargassum Snail

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Rang, 1829

Litiopa melanostoma

Sargassum Snail

Phylum:

Mollusca

Taxonomy

Class:

Gastropoda

Order:

Family:

Litiopidae

UF 389972

Shell Information

Maximum size: 6

Chirality:

Dextral

Description:

Ecological Information

Distribution:

Massachusetts to Caribbean Sea

Depth (m):

0 to 805 meters

Diet:

Habitat:

Works Cited

MolluscaBase eds. (2023). MolluscaBase. Litiopa melanostoma Rang, 1829. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=140258 on 2023-01-24
Rosenberg, G. 2009. Malacolog 4.1.1: A Database of Western Atlantic Marine Mollusca. [WWW database (version 4.1.1)] URL http://www.malacolog.org/