Plesiothyreus rushii

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Plesiothyreus rushii
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Neritimorpha
clade Cycloneritimorpha
Superfamily: Neritoidea
Family: Phenacolepadidae
Genus: Plesiothyreus
Species: P. rushii
Binomial name
Plesiothyreus rushii
(Dall, 1889)
Synonyms[1]

Umbraculum rushii Dall, 1889 (original combination)

Plesiothyreus rushii is a species of very small sea snail, a limpet, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Phenacolepadidae.[1]

Description

Distribution

This species occurs in the Gulf of Mexico, the Caribbean Sea and off the Lesser Antilles.

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Plesiothyreus rushii (Dall, 1889).  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 16 April 2013.
  • Rosenberg, G., F. Moretzsohn, and E. F. García. 2009. Gastropoda (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 579–699 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.

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