Haliotinella patinaria is a species of predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Naticidae, the moon snails.
Distribution This marine species occurs in the West Indies, off Saint Kitts; also off Trinidad.
Description The maximum recorded shell length varies between 16 m mm and 18 mm.Welch J. J. (2010). "The "Island Rule" and Deep-Sea Gastropods: Re-Examining the Evidence". PLoS ONE 5(1): e8776. . It has a worm-like body with a small shell it cannot retract into, similar to its relative Sinum.
Habitat It has a minimum recorded depth is 0 m. Maximum recorded depth is 80 m.
References
Guppy, R.J.L., 1876. Sur l'existence du genre Haliotinella aux Antilles. Journal de Conchyliologie 24: 161-163 Guppy, R.J.L., 1878. Note sur l'Haliotinella patinaria et sur quelques autres Mollusques des Antilles. Journal de Conchyliologie 26: 321-325 Fischer-Piette, E., 1950. Liste des types décrits dans le Journal de Conchyliologie et conservés dans la collection de ce journal (avec planches)(suite). Journal de Conchyliologie 90: 149-180
External links
Watson, R. B. (1897). On the marine Mollusca of Madeira; with descriptions of thirty-five new species, and an index-list of all the known sea-dwelling species of that island. Journal of the Linnean Society of London, Zoology. 26(19): 233-329, pl. 19-20 G.; Moretzsohn, F.; García, E. F. (2009). Gastropoda (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 579–699 in: Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas