''Macleaniella'' is a

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of deep-sea

limpet Limpets are a group of aquatic snails with a conical gastropod shell, shell shape (patelliform) and a strong, muscular foot. This general category of conical shell is known as "patelliform" (dish-shaped). Existing within the class Gastropoda, ...

s in the

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Cocculinidae Cocculinidae is a family of sea snails, deep-sea limpets, marine gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Cocculinoidea.MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Cocculinidae Dall, 1882. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http:// ...

Species

Species within the genus ''Macleaniella'' include: * ''Macleaniella moskalevi'' Leal & Harasewych, 1999

Distribution

''Macleaniella moskalevi'' is endemic to

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Description

The

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of ''Macleaniella moskalevi'' is small and cap-shaped.Strong E. E. & Harasewych M. G. (1999). "Anatomy of the Hadal Limpet ''Macleaniella moskalevi'' (Gastropoda, Cocculinoidea)". ''Invertebrate Biology'' 118(2): 137-148
abstract
/ref> The maximum recorded

length is 5.17 mm.Welch J. J. (2010). "The "Island Rule" and Deep-Sea Gastropods: Re-Examining the Evidence". '' PLoS ONE'' 5(1): e8776. .

Habitat

Minimum recorded depth is 5184 m. Maximum recorded depth is 8595 m.

Life cycle

Simultaneous

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References

Cocculinidae Monotypic gastropod genera {{Cocculiniformia-stub