Pleurotomella obesa

Pleurotomella obesa
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Raphitomidae
Genus: Pleurotomella
Species:
P. obesa
Binomial name
Pleurotomella obesa
Bouchet & Warén, 1980 [1]

Pleurotomella obesa is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Raphitomidae.[2]

Description

The length of the shell attains 10.5 mm, its diameter 6 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Eastern Atlantic Ocean.

References

  1. ^ Bouchet, P.; Warén, A. (1980). "Revision of the North-East Atlantic bathyal and abyssal Turridae (Mollusca: Gastropoda)". Journal of Molluscan Studies 46(Suppl. 8): 1-119. doi:10.1093/mollus/46.Supplement_8.1.
  2. ^ a b Pleurotomella obesa Bouchet & Warén, 1980. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 April 2010.
  • 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.


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