Description
Habitat
Typically found in the intertidal zone at the water's edge at a mean distance from sea level of 52 meters (172 feet).Standard Deviation = 49.650 based on 3 observations. Terrestrial altitude and ocean depth information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre.
Taxonomy
- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- Kingdom:
Animalia
()
- Linnaeus, 1758
- animals
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
()
- (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
- Branch:
Protostomia
()
- Grobben, 1908
- Superphylum:
Eutrochozoa
()
- Phylum:
Mollusca
()
- (Linnaeus, 1758) Cuvier, 1795
- Molluscs
- Class:
Gastropoda
()
- Cuvier, 1797
- Snails and Slugs
- Order:
Basommatophora
()
- Family:
Carychiidae
()
- Genus:
Carychium
()
- Specific name:
exigua
- m Say
- Scientific name: - Carychium exigua m Say
- Specific name:
exigua
- m Say
- Genus:
Carychium
(
- Family:
Carychiidae
(
- Order:
Basommatophora
(
- Class:
Gastropoda
(
- Phylum:
Mollusca
(
- Superphylum:
Eutrochozoa
(
- Branch:
Protostomia
(
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
Similar Species
Members of the genus Carychium
There are approximately 32 species in this genus:
C. biondii · C. clappi (Appalachian Thorn) · C. costatum · C. cymatoplax · C. exigua · C. exiguum (Obese Thorn) · C. exile (Ice Thorn) · C. exile canadense · C. exile exile · C. floridanum · C. hachijoensis · C. hellenicum · C. ibazoricum · C. indicum · C. javanum (Silver Labeo) · C. lederi · C. mariae · C. mexicanum (Southern Thorn) · C. minimum (Herald Thorn) · C. minusculum · C. nannodes (File Thorn) · C. noduliferum · C. occidentale (Western Thorn) · C. paganettii · C. perexiguum · C. pessimum · C. pessimum borealis · C. pessinum · C. riparium (Floodplain Thorn) · C. schlickumi · C. stygium (Cave Thorn) · C. tridentatum (Dentate Thorn)
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Notes
Contributors
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed December 10, 2007. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 2 providers.
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal December 10, 2007:
- Academy of Natural Sciences, Academy of Natural Sciences Malacology Database
Identifiers
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 16150419
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 2813663
