Anisus vortex

Description

Habitat

Typically found in the intertidal zone at the water's edge at a mean distance from sea level of 15 meters (51 feet).Standard Deviation = 40.440 based on 17,215 observations. Terrestrial altitude and ocean depth information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre.

Taxonomy

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Domain: Eukaryota () - Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- Kingdom: Animalia () - Linnaeus, 1758 - animals
  - Subkingdom: Bilateria () - (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
    - Branch: Protostomia () - Grobben, 1908
      - Infrakingdom: Ecdysozoa () - Aguinaldo Et Al., 1997 Ex Cavalier-Smith, 1998
        Superphylum: Panarthropoda () - Cuvier
        Phylum: Arthropoda () - Latreille, 1829 - arthropods
        Subphylum: Mandibulata () - Snodgrass, 1938
        Infraphylum: Atelocerata () - Heymons, 1901
        Superclass: Panhexapoda ()
        Epiclass: Hexapoda ()
        Class: Insecta () - C. Linnaeus, 1758 - Insects
        Subclass: Dicondylia ()
        Infraclass: Pterygota ()
        Order: Coleoptera () - C. Linnaeus, 1758
        Suborder: Polyphaga () - Emery, 1886
        Infraorder: Cucujiformia ()
        Superfamily: Curculionoidea ()
        Family: Anthribidae ()
        Genus: Anisus () - Studer, 1820
        Specific name: vortex - (L., 1758)
        Scientific name: - Anisus vortex (L., 1758)