Pleurotomella formosa
Pleurotomella formosa | |
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Shell of Pleurotomella formosa | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Superfamily: | Conoidea |
Family: | Raphitomidae |
Genus: | Pleurotomella |
Species: | P. formosa
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Binomial name | |
Pleurotomella formosa (Jeffreys, 1867)
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Pleurotomella formosa is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Raphitomidae.[1]
Description[]
The length of the shell varies between 15 mm and 22 mm.
The thin, opaque shell is, dark-colored. The sculpture is variable, the longitudinal varying from striae to ribs, sometimes nodulous. The suture is deep, with a sloping infrasutural groove. The sinus is remarkably deep and broad. [2]
Distribution[]
This marine species was found at bathyal depths off the Faroes in the North Atlantic Ocean.
References[]
- ^ a b Pleurotomella formosa (Jeffreys, 1867). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 April 2010.
- ^ G.W. Tryon (1884) Manual of Conchology, structural and systematic, with illustrations of the species, vol. VI; Philadelphia, Academy of Natural Sciences
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Categories:
- Pleurotomella
- Gastropods described in 1867