Jujubinus gravinae | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
Order: | Trochida |
Superfamily: | Trochoidea |
Family: | Trochidae |
Genus: | Jujubinus |
Species: | J. gravinae
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Binomial name | |
Jujubinus gravinae (Dautzenberg, 1881)
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Synonyms | |
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Jujubinus gravinae is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Trochidae, the top snails. [1] It is both a deposit feeder and grazer, feeding on organic matter particles in sediment and low-growing organisms. [2]
The size of the shell varies between 3 mm and 8 mm. [3] The animal itself has a 4mm long dextrally coiled body. [2] It's wet body mass is 0.0484 g and it's body volume is 0.0277 cm^3. [2] It utilizes mucus mediated gliding, the process moving forward by alternating regions of muscular contraction and expansion over a layer of mucus. [2]
This species occurs in the Western Mediterranean Sea and in the Atlantic Ocean off Portugal, the Canary Islands and the Cape Verdes.
Jujubinus gravinae | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
Order: | Trochida |
Superfamily: | Trochoidea |
Family: | Trochidae |
Genus: | Jujubinus |
Species: | J. gravinae
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Binomial name | |
Jujubinus gravinae (Dautzenberg, 1881)
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Synonyms | |
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Jujubinus gravinae is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Trochidae, the top snails. [1] It is both a deposit feeder and grazer, feeding on organic matter particles in sediment and low-growing organisms. [2]
The size of the shell varies between 3 mm and 8 mm. [3] The animal itself has a 4mm long dextrally coiled body. [2] It's wet body mass is 0.0484 g and it's body volume is 0.0277 cm^3. [2] It utilizes mucus mediated gliding, the process moving forward by alternating regions of muscular contraction and expansion over a layer of mucus. [2]
This species occurs in the Western Mediterranean Sea and in the Atlantic Ocean off Portugal, the Canary Islands and the Cape Verdes.