Pleurotomella circumvoluta
| Pleurotomella circumvoluta | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Raphitomidae |
| Genus: | Pleurotomella |
| Species: | P. circumvoluta |
| Binomial name | |
| Pleurotomella circumvoluta (Watson, 1881) | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Pleurotomella circumvoluta is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Raphitomidae.[1]
Description
The shell grows to a length of 12 mm.
Distribution
P. circumvoluta can be found in Atlantic waters, in the Florida Strait.[2] and in the Gulf of Mexico off the Dry Tortugas.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Pleurotomella circumvoluta (Watson, 1881). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 April 2010.
- ↑ Tunnell, John W., Jr., Felder, Darryl L., & Earle, Sylvia A., eds. Gulf of Mexico Origin, Waters, and Biota, Volume 1: Biodiversity. Texas A&M University Press, 2009. 668.
- Tucker, J.K. 2004 Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Zootaxa 682:1-1295.
- 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.