The genusEumetula(Gastropoda: Caenogastropoda: Cerithiopsidae) in north European waters, with the description of a new species from the upper continental slope off Norway

Autor: Tore Høisæter
Rok vydání: 2010
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Zdroj: Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom. 91:539-547
ISSN: 1469-7769
0025-3154
Popis: Eumetula vitrea, a new species of Cerithiopsidae, is described from the upper continental slope outside western Norway. The taxonomic status of theEumetulaspecies complex is discussed. WhileEumetula arcticais a shelf species rarely found in sub-zero waters,E. vitreais one of a group of species supposedly found only in negative temperature or water fluctuating between negative and positive temperatures (below ~570 m) in the bathyal around the Norwegian Sea.
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