Parviturbo copiosus

Parviturbo copiosus is a species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Skeneidae.[1]

Parviturbo copiosus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Trochida
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Skeneidae
Genus: Parviturbo
Species:
P. copiosus
Binomial name
Parviturbo copiosus
Pilsbry & Olsson, 1945

Description

The height of the shell attains 1.1 mm, its diameter 1.4 mm

Distribution

This species occurs in the Pacific Ocean, off Panama and Ecuador

References

  1. Pilsbry & Olsson (1945), Vitrinellidae and Similar Gastropods of the Panamic Province. Part I; Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, Vol. 97 (1945), pp. 249-278


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