Pleurotomella innocentia

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Pleurotomella innocentia
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Raphitomidae
Genus: Pleurotomella
Species:
P. innocentia
Binomial name
Pleurotomella innocentia
(Strebel, 1905)
Synonyms[1]
  • Falsimohnia minor Strebel, 1908
  • Pleurotomella (Anomalotomella) innocentia (Dell, 1990)· accepted, alternate representation
  • Thesbia filostriata Strebel, 1905
  • Typhlodaphne innocentia Dell, 1990 (original combination)

Pleurotomella innocentia is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Raphitomidae.[1]

This species is considered by Kantor, Yuri I., and M. G. Harasewych (2013) as a synonym of Falsimohnia minor Strebel, 1908.

Description[]

The length of the shell attains 4 mm. The shell is spiraled and generally a brownish or white color. It is pointed at the top.[2]

Distribution[]

This marine species occurs off South Georgia Island and off Port Alfred, Rep. South Africa, and in the Ross Sea, Antarctica

References[]

  1. ^ a b MolluscaBase (2018). Pleurotomella innocentia (Dell, 1990). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=881094 on 2018-02-20
  2. ^ Hardy, Eddie. "Typhlodaphne innocentia". www.gastropods.com. Retrieved 29 September 2016.
  • Dell, Richard Kenneth. "Antarctic Mollusca: with special reference to the fauna of the Ross Sea." Royal Society of New Zealand, 1990.
  • Engl, W. (2012). Shells of Antarctica. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. 402 pp.

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