Onchidiopsis glacialis

Onchidiopsis glacialis
	Drawing of dorsal view of live animal of Onchidiopsis glacialis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Caenogastropoda; clade Hypsogastropoda; clade Littorinimorpha
Superfamily:	Velutinoidea
Family:	Velutinidae
Genus:	Onchidiopsis
Species:	O. glacialis
Binomial name
	Onchidiopsis glacialis; (Sars, 1851)
Synonyms
	Lamellaria glacialis Sars, 1851;

Onchidiopsis glacialis is a species of small sea snail with a transparent internal shell, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Velutinidae. Because the shell is mostly internal, the snail resembles a sea slug in general appearance.^[2]

Distribution[]

The distribution of Onchidiopsis glacialis includes European waters.^[2]

Description[]

The maximum recorded (shell?) length is 18 mm.^[3]

Habitat[]

The minimum recorded depth for this species is 4 m; maximum recorded depth is 300 m.^[3]

References[]

^ (in Norwegian) Sars M. (1851). "Beretning om en i Sommeren 1849 foretagen zoologisk Reise i Lofoten og Fimarken". 6: 121-211. Type description is on the page 185.
^ ^a ^b Onchidiopsis glacialis (Sars M., 1851). Gofas, S. (2010). Onchidiopsis glacialis (Sars M., 1851). In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2010) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=141896 on 14 August 2010 .
^ ^a ^b 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.

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[1] (in Norwegian) Sars M. (1851). "Beretning om en i Sommeren 1849 foretagen zoologisk Reise i Lofoten og Fimarken". 6: 121-211. Type description is on the page 185.

[WoRMS-2] Onchidiopsis glacialis (Sars M., 1851). Gofas, S. (2010). Onchidiopsis glacialis (Sars M., 1851). In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2010) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=141896 on 14 August 2010 .

[Welch_2010-3] 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.

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