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Tentaoculus eritmetus

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Tentaoculus eritmetus is a species of small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pseudococculinidae, the false limpets.^[2]

This species was found in the Atlantic Ocean off New England, USA.

The maximum recorded shell length is 5 mm.^[3]

Minimum recorded depth is 2654 m.^[3] Maximum recorded depth is 2654 m.^[3]

^ Verrill, A. E. 1884. Second catalogue of Mollusca recently added to the fauna of the New England coast and the adjacent parts of the Atlantic, consisting mostly of deep-sea species, with notes on others previously recorded. Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences 6: 139-294, pls. 28-32.
^ Rosenberg, G. (2012). Tentaoculus eritmetus (A. E. Verrill, 1884). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=533483 on 2013-02-02
^ ^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.

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