Biology:Pleurotomella bureaui

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Short description: Species of sea snail

Pleurotomella bureaui
Pleurotomella bureaui 001.jpg
Original image of a shell of Pleurotomella bureaui
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Raphitomidae
Genus: Pleurotomella
Species:
P. bureaui
Binomial name
Pleurotomella bureaui
(Dautzenberg & Fischer, 1897)
Synonyms[1]
  • Mangilia sericifila Dall, 1927
  • Pleurotoma bureaui Dautzenberg & Fischer, 1897(original combination)
  • Pleurotomella (Azorita) bureaui Nordsieck, 1968
  • Pleurotoma (Pleurotomella) bureaui Dautzenberg, 1927

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

Description

The length of the shell attains 8.4 mm, its diameter 3.6 mm.

The minute shell has a pale buff color with a brown Sinusigera protoconch of three whorls and four subsequent well rounded whorls. The suture is appressed with a fine thread in front of it;.0 The anal sulcus is wide and shallow, leaving a wide fasciole, arcuately striated behind it. In front of the fasciole there is an obscure shoulder to the whorl. The axial sculpture consists of incremental lines, most conspicuous on the fasciole, and a double row of obscure undulations at the periphery, most marked on the earlier whorls. The spiral sculpture consists of 10 or 12 equal, small threads in front of the periphery with narrow interspaces. The base of the shell is evenly rounded. The siphonal canal is short and wide. The columella is straight, attenuated in front. The aperture is ovate. The outer lip is thin and arcuate.[2]

Distribution

This species occurs in the North Atlantic Ocean off Georgia, USA, and the Azores.

References

  • Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Patrimoines Naturels. 50: 180-213

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q3721040 entry