Biology:Pleurotomella vaginata

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Short description: Species of gastropod

Pleurotomella vaginata
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Shel land protoconch of Pleurotomella vaginata (syntype 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. vaginata
Binomial name
Pleurotomella vaginata
Dall, 1927

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

Description

The length of the shell attains 5.3 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Georgia and Florida, USA at a depth of 805 m.

References

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q3174581 entry