Biology:Pterosoma planum

Short description: Species of gastropod

Pterosoma planum
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Littorinimorpha
Superfamily:	Pterotracheoidea
Family:	Carinariidae
Genus:	Pterosoma
Species:	P. planum
Binomial name
Pterosoma planum R. P. Lesson, 1827
Synonyms
Aloysia phyllosoma Issel, 1907 Carinaria depressa E. A. Smith, 1888 Pterosoma challengeri Tesch, 1906 Pterosoma plana Lesson, 1827 (wrong grammatical agreement of epithet)

Pterosoma planum is a species of marine gastropod in the family Carinariidae.

References

• Keen, A. M. (1971). Sea Shells of Tropical West America. Marine mollusks from Baja California to Peru. ed. 2. Stanford University Press. xv, 1064 pp., 22 pls.

External links

• Lesson [R. P.. (1827). Description d'un nouveau genre de mollusques nucléobranches nommé Pterosoma. Mémoires de la Société d'Histoire Naturelle de Paris. (2) 3(3): 414-416]

Wikidata ☰ Q14202752 entry