Biology:Pleurotomella expeditionis

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Short description: Species of gastropod

Pleurotomella expeditionis
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Raphitomidae
Genus: Pleurotomella
Species:
P. expeditionis
Binomial name
Pleurotomella expeditionis
(Dell, 1956)
Synonyms[1]
  • Asperdaphne expeditionis Dell, 1956 (original combination)

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

Description

The length of the shell attains 6 mm, its diameter 3 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off the Chatham Islands

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 MolluscaBase (2019). Pleurotomella expeditionis (Dell, 1956). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=599026 on 2019-02-03
  • Dell, R. K. (1956). The archibenthal Mollusca of New Zealand. Dominion Museum Bulletin. 18: 1-235
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland
  • Beu, A.G. 2011 Marine Molluscs of oxygen isotope stages of the last 2 million years in New Zealand. Part 4. Gastropoda (Ptenoglossa, Neogastropoda, Heterobranchia). Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand 41, 1–153

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q14126105 entry