Onoba steineni

Species of gastropod

Onoba steineni
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Rissoidae
Genus: Onoba
Species:
O. steineni
Binomial name
Onoba steineni
(Strebel, 1908)
Synonyms
  • Rissoa studeriana Thiele, 1912
  • Rissoa valdiviae Thiele, 1925
  • Rissoia steineni Strebel, 1908 (basionym)

Onoba steineni is a species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Rissoidae.[1]

Distribution

Description

The maximum recorded shell length is 3.5 mm.[2]

Habitat

Minimum recorded depth is 20 m.[2] Maximum recorded depth is 94 m.[2]

References

  1. ^ Onoba steineni (Strebel, 1908). WoRMS (2009). Onoba steineni (Strebel, 1908). Accessed through the World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=197333 on 19 August 2012 .
  2. ^ 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.
  • Ponder, W. F. (1983) Rissoaform gastropods from the Antarctic and sub-Antarctic: the Eatoniellidae, Rissoidae, Barleeidae, Cingulopsidae, Orbitestellidae and Rissoellidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) of Signy Island, South Orkney Islands, with a review of the Antarctic and sub-Antarctic (excluding southern South America and the New Zealand sub-Antarctic islands) species. British Antarctic Survey, Scientific Reports 108: 1-96

External links

  • Southern Ocean Mollusc Database (SOMBASE): Onoba steineni
Taxon identifiers
Onoba steineni


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