Biology:Pleurotomella simillima

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Short description: Species of gastropod

Pleurotomella simillima
Pleurotomella simillima 001.jpg
Original image of a shell of Pleurotomella simillima
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Raphitomidae
Genus: Pleurotomella
Species:
P. simillima
Binomial name
Pleurotomella simillima
Thiele, 1912
Synonyms[1]

Pleurotomella (Anomalotomella) simillima Thiele, 1912· accepted, alternate representation

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

Description

The length of the shell varies between 6 mm and 11 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs in the Weddell Sea, Antarctica and off Visokoi Island, SE of island, South Sandwich Islands, South Atlantic Ocean at a depth between 93 m and 600 m.

References

External links

Abapertural view of a shell of Pleurotomella simillima

Wikidata ☰ Q3714867 entry