Biology:Pickenia
| Pickenia | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Littorinimorpha |
| Family: | Cingulopsidae |
| Genus: | Pickenia |
| Species: | P. signyensis
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| Binomial name | |
| Pickenia signyensis (Ponder, 1983)
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Pickenia is a monotypic genus of minute sea snails, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cingulopsidae.[1] The only known species is Pickenia signyensis, found on Signy Island in the South Orkney Islands.
Description
The maximum recorded shell length is 1.48 mm.[2] The shell is a pale orange-brown colour, with a yellow-brown aperture. The protoconch is usually dark purple-brown.[3]
The holotype is held by Amgueddfa Cymru – Museum Wales.[4]
Distribution
The species has only been found on Signy Island in the South Orkney Islands. The holotype was collected by G. Picken in 1977.[3]
Habitat
The species' holotypes and paratypes were collected from rocky bottom on algae off the coast of Signy Island.[3] The minimum recorded depth is 4 m.[2] Maximum recorded depth is 10 m.[2]
References
- ↑ Pickenia signyensis Ponder, 1983. WoRMS (2009). Pickenia signyensis Ponder, 1983. Accessed through the World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=197370 on 5 June 2010 .
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 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.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Ponder, Winston 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. 108. British Antarctic Survey. ISBN 0-85665-100-1.
- ↑ Poppe, Guido T.; Poppe, Philippe. "Pickenia signyensis". https://conchology.be/?t=263&family=CINGULOPSIDAE&fullspecies=Pickenia%20signyensis&shellID=22175.
Wikidata ☰ Q6785214 entry
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