Biology:Micropleurotoma travailleuri

Short description: Species of gastropod

Micropleurotoma travailleuri
Shell of Micropleurotoma travailleuri (lectotype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Horaiclavidae
Genus:	Micropleurotoma
Species:	M. travailleuri
Binomial name
Micropleurotoma travailleuri Bouchet & Warén, 1980
Synonyms
Pleurotoma obtusum Locard, 1897

Micropleurotoma travailleuri is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Horaiclavidae.

Description

The length of the shell attains 10 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off Madeira at bathyal depths.

References

• Locard A., 1897–1898 : Expéditions scientifiques du Travailleur et du Talisman pendant les années 1880, 1881, 1882 et 1883. Mollusques testacés.; Paris, Masson vol. 1 [1897], p. 1-516 pl. 1–22 vol. 2 [1898], p. 517-1044 pl. 23–40
• Bouchet P. & Warén A. (1980). Revision of the North-East Atlantic bathyal and abyssal Turridae (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Journal of Molluscan Studies Suppl. 8: 1–119
• Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Patrimoines Naturels. 50: 180–213

External links

• Tucker, J.K. 2004 Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Zootaxa 682:1–1295.
• Lectotype at MNHN, Paris
• Gofas, S.; Luque, Á. A.; Templado, J.; Salas, C. (2017). A national checklist of marine Mollusca in Spanish waters. Scientia Marina. 81(2) : 241–254

Wikidata ☰ Q3722917 entry