Littoridinops tenuipes

Littoridinops tenuipes
Secure
Secure (NatureServe)[1]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Hydrobiidae
Genus: Littoridinops
Species:
L. tenuipes
Binomial name
Littoridinops tenuipes
(Couper, 1844)
Synonyms[2]
  • Amnicola tenuipes Couper, 1844
  • Littoridina tenuipes (Couper, 1844)

Littoridinops tenuipes, common name the henscomb hydrobe, is a species of very small aquatic snail, an operculate gastropod mollusk in the family Hydrobiidae.

Description

The maximum recorded shell length is 6 mm.[3]

Habitat

Minimum recorded depth is 0 m.[3] Maximum recorded depth is 0 m.[3]

References

  1. ↑ NatureServe. "Littoridinops tenuipes". NatureServe Explorer. Arlington, Virginia. Retrieved 5 April 2026.
  2. ↑ Bieler R, Bouchet P, Gofas S, Marshall B, Rosenberg G, La Perna R, Neubauer TA, Sartori AF, Schneider S, Vos C, ter Poorten JJ, Taylor J, Dijkstra H, Finn J, Bank R, Neubert E, Moretzsohn F, Faber M, Houart R, Picton B, Garcia-Alvarez O (eds.). "Littoridinops tenuipes (Couper, 1844)". MolluscaBase. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 12 April 2026.
  3. 1 2 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.