Protolira valvatoides
Protolira valvatoides | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
Order: | Trochida |
Superfamily: | Trochoidea |
Family: | Skeneidae |
Genus: | Protolira |
Species: | P. valvatoides
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Binomial name | |
Protolira valvatoides Warén & Bouchet, 1993
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Protolira valvatoides is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Skeneidae.[1]
Description[]
The shell grows to a length of 3.5 mm.
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Distribution[]
This species is found along the Mid-Atlantic Ridge.[2]
References[]
- ^ Protolira valvatoides Warén & Bouchet, 1993. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 21 April 2010.
- ^ "Protolira valvatoides". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 August 2011.
- Warén A. & Bouchet P., 1993: New, records, species, genera, and a new family of gastropods from hydrothermal vents and hydrocarbon seeps; Zoologica Scripta 22: 1–90
External links[]
Categories:
- Protolira
- Gastropods described in 1993
- Trochoidea (superfamily) stubs