Gymnobela lamyi

Gymnobela lamyi is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Raphitomidae.[1]

Gymnobela lamyi
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Raphitomidae
Genus: Gymnobela
Species:
G. lamyi
Binomial name
Gymnobela lamyi
(Dautzenberg, 1925)
Synonyms[1]

Pleurotoma (Pleurotomella) lamyi Dautzenberg, 1925

The classification of this species in the genus Gymnobela is under consideration because the shell characters show a considerable divergence from those of the other species in the genus. Furthermore, no soft part are known. [2]

Distribution

This marine species occurs off the Azores at a depth of 1250 m.

References
  1. Gymnobela lamyi (Dautzenberg, 1925). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 29 March 2010.
  2. Bouchet & Warren, Revision of the North-East Atlantic bathyal and abyssal Turridae (Mollusca, Gastropoda); The Journal of Molluscan Studies, supplement 8, December 1980
  • Dautzenberg P. (1925). Mollusques nouveaux provenant des croisières du Prince Albert Ier de Monaco. Bulletin de l'Institut Océanographique de Monaco 457: 1-12
  • 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.
  • Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295.


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