Biology:Pleurotomella rossi

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Short description: Species of gastropod

Pleurotomella rossi
Pleurotomella rossi 001.jpg
Shell of Pleurotomella rossi (specimen at the Smithsonian Institution)
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Raphitomidae
Genus: Pleurotomella
Species:
P. rossi
Binomial name
Pleurotomella rossi
Dell, 1990
Synonyms[1]

Pleurotomella (Anomalotomella) rossi Dell, 1990

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

Description

The length of the shell attains 11.9 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Ross Sea, Antarctica and off Visokoi Island, SE of island, South Sandwich Islands, South Atlantic Ocean at a depth between 93 mm and 121 m.[citation needed]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Pleurotomella rossi Dell, 1990. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 April 2010.
  • Engl, W. (2012). Shells of Antarctica. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. 402 pp.

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q3722101 entry