Verticosta migrans

Species of gastropod

Verticosta migrans

Original image of a shell of Verticosta migrans
Scientific classification
Domain:  | Eukaryota
Kingdom:  | Animalia
Phylum:  | Mollusca
Class:  | Gastropoda
Subclass:  | Caenogastropoda
Order:  | Littorinimorpha
Family:  | Capulidae
Genus:  | Verticosta
Species:  |

V. migrans

Binomial name
Verticosta migrans

(Dall, 1881)

Synonyms

Trichotropis migrans Dall, 1881

Verticosta migrans is a species of small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Capulidae, the cap snails.[1]

## Distribution

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## Description

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The maximum recorded shell length is 10 mm.[2]

## Habitat

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Minimum recorded depth is 65 m.[2] Maximum recorded depth is 366 m.[2]

## References

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1. ^ MolluscaBase (2020). MolluscaBase. Verticosta migrans (Dall, 1881). Accessed at: http://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1397677 on 2020-01-07
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.

* Huang S.-I [Shih-I] & Lin M.-H. [Ming-Hui]. (2020). Verticosta n. gen. from Taiwan, Philippine, Gulf of Oman and North Atlantic Ocean (Gastropoda, Capulidae). Bulletin of Malacology, Taiwan. 43: 13–24.

## External links

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* Dall W. H. 1881. Reports on the results of dredging, under the supervision of Alexander Agassiz, in the Gulf of Mexico and in the Caribbean Sea (1877-78), by the United States Coast Survey Steamer "Blake", Lieutenant-Commander C.D. Sigsbee, U.S.N., and Commander J.R. Bartlett, U.S.N., commanding. XV. Preliminary report on the Mollusca. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoölogy at Harvard College, 9(2): 33-144

Taxon identifiers

Trichotropis migrans|

* Wikidata: Q3170027
* CoL: 7TDFM
* EoL: 482904
* GBIF: 2300887
* iNaturalist: 255217
* IRMNG: 10858891
* ITIS: 72605
* Open Tree of Life: 2889442
* SeaLifeBase: 4742
* WoRMS: 419708

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