Biology:Protolira valvatoides

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Short description: Species of gastropod

Protolira valvatoides
Protolira valvatoides (MNHN-IM-2000-31329).jpeg
Shell of Protolira valvatoides (holotype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Trochida
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Skeneidae
Genus: Protolira
Species:
P. valvatoides
Binomial name
Protolira valvatoides
Warén & Bouchet, 1993

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.

Distribution

This species is found along the Mid-Atlantic Ridge.[2]

References

  • 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

Wikidata ☰ Q3284518 entry